National Trends in Drug Use and Related Factors Among American High School Students and Young Adults: 1975-1986

This study aimed to determine the factors associated with the avoidance of dental preventive care in high school students and their parents in the framework of The Youth and Parents Risk Factor Behavior Survey in Slovakia, the ongoing cross-sectional school-based survey of students and their parents or legal representatives. The data were collected using two separate standardized questionnaires: (i) the questionnaire for students (n = 515) and (ii) the questionnaire for parents (n = 681). The study group included 57 high school students (54.4% males) who did not visit the dentist for preventive care in the previous year. The control group included 458 students (35.8% males) who visited a dentist for preventive care at least once in the previous year. A significantly higher number of males (54.4%), older adolescents, and young adults (21.8%; 20.0%) were not visiting dental preventive care regularly. Incomplete family (56.1%), stressful situations at home (17.5%), and feeling unwell were the factors contributing to the avoidance of dental preventive care. More than 34.5% of adolescents and young adults were not visiting either dental preventive care or pediatric preventive care (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 5.14; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.40, 10.99). Children of divorced mothers and mothers with household income lower than EUR 900 had significantly higher dental care avoidance in bivariate analysis. A significantly higher percentage of fathers from the exposed group were not visiting dental preventive care regularly (47.8%, p < 0.05). The results of the study can be used as an educational intervention step focusing on the parental influence on adolescent and young adults’ behavior and as a challenge for the improvement of dental preventive care in older adolescents and young adults.

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Tobacco and Other Drug Use among High School Students with Asthma

Journal of Adolescent Health ◽

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.003 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 291-294 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Sherry Everett Jones ◽

Sarah Merkle ◽

Lani Wheeler ◽

David M. Mannino ◽

Linda Crossett

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Drug Use ◽

School Students

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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Psychoactive Drug Use Among High School Students in Bogota, Colombia

Journal of School Health ◽

10.1111/j.1746-1561.2000.tb07278.x ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 70 (9) ◽

pp. 377-380 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Miguel A. Pérez ◽

Helda Pinzon-Pérez

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Drug Use ◽

Psychoactive Drug ◽

School Students

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Teachers and Students Perception of the Low Academic Performance of Senior High School Students in Integrated Science in Ghana

Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies ◽

10.9734/ajess/2021/v22i330535 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 29-41

Author(s):

Isaac Taylor ◽

Isaac Sonful Coffie ◽

Stephen Agyei ◽

Justice Edusei Ackah

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Academic Performance ◽

High School Students ◽

Science Teachers ◽

Teaching Style ◽

Senior High School ◽

School Students ◽

Related Factors ◽

Integrated Science ◽

Senior High School Students

The purpose of this study was to determine school and teacher-related factors affecting low academic performance of senior high school students in integrated science in some selected districts in western region of Ghana. The research design used in this study is descriptive cross-sectional survey. The population of the study was made up of students and science teachers in selected senior high schools in the study area which comprises three districts; Ellembele District, Jomoro District and Nzema-East Municipal. A Sample of 342 students and 18 teachers were used for this study. In carrying out the study, a questionnaire was used as the main instrument for the data collected which were analyzed using descriptive statistics. From the results, it was seen that school-related factors causing poor performance in Integrated Science among students include; the inadequacy of facilities, poor state of existing facilities, general disturbances in class and the ineffective supervision of teaching. Moreover, inadequate number of science teachers, inability to complete syllabi, poor teaching style and little time spent in teaching were among the teacher-related factors which caused low academic performance in Science.

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