Specific Factors Associated With African American High School Students' HIV-Related Risk Behaviors

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karyn E. Gunnet-Shoval
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
African American ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Specific Factors

scholarly journals Factors associated with AIDS risk behaviors among high school students in an AIDS epicenter.

1992 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 528-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
H J Walter ◽  
R D Vaughan ◽  
M M Gladis ◽  
D F Ragin ◽  
S Kasen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Aids Risk

scholarly journals Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors of Junior High School Students in Taiwan: The 2016 Annual Report of a Cancer Prevention Educational Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 10s-10s
Author(s):  
K.-H. Yeh ◽  
Yi-Yuan Liu ◽  
Anlin Peng ◽  
Ruey-Kuen Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Significant Difference

Background: We performed an on-site cancer prevention educational program by oncologists focusing on all cancer types, and with emphasis on oral cancer. The program has been long-term supported by charity organizations of the Taiwan Total Cancer Care Foundation, and the Taiwan Cancer Total Care Information Society. Aim: To have a better understanding for cancer-related risk behaviors of our junior high school students in Taiwan, we performed a self-reported questionnaire survey before each educational activity. Methods: The questionnaire survey mainly focused on 3 cancer-related risk behaviors CBA [cigarette smoking (C), betel-nut chewing (B), alcohol drinking (A)], regarding the percentage of “frequent” CBA consumption, “ever-experience” of cancer-related risk behavior, starting time of risk behavior, sources of CBA, and existence of risk behavior among their parents/senior family members. Results: During 2016, 4,589 junior high school students received our on-site educational program whose questionnaires are valid for analysis. Among them, 4,097 and 492 students are from western and eastern towns. Taiwan is geographically divided by the high-altitude Central Mountains into western and eastern towns. Western towns are relatively more urban, while eastern towns are more rural in both industrial and economic development. Questionnaires from 7th, 8th, 9th grade of junior high school students represent 37.1%, 44.0%, and 18.9%. The average body mass index (BMI) is 20.68 and 21.47 in western and eastern towns, respectively. The average BMI of boy students between western & eastern towns shows statistically significant difference of 21.87 (eastern) and 21.01 (western), respectively ( P = 0.005, Pearson χ2), while the average BMI of girl students has only a trend to be higher in eastern towns (20.82) than that in western towns (20.30) ( P = 0.072). The percentage of “frequent” (daily, or 2-6 days per week) consumption of C, B, and A is 2.7%, 0.6%, and 1.3%, respectively. The percentage of “frequent” C consumption shows statistically significant higher in eastern (4.5%) than western (2.5%) towns ( P = 0.009), the percentage of “frequent” B consumption also shows statistically significant higher in eastern (1.6%) than western (0.5%) towns ( P = 0.003). However, the percentage of frequent A consumption has no significant difference between western (1.2%) & eastern (1.8%) towns ( P = 0.257). The percentage of “ever-experience” of A is significantly higher in eastern (5%) than western (3%) towns ( P = 0.001), while the percentage of ever-experience of C has no significant difference between eastern (9%) & western (7%) towns ( P = 0.257), the percentage of ever-experience of B also has no significant difference between eastern (16%) & western (15%) towns ( P = 0.751). Conclusion: Self-reported survey for junior high school students on cancer-related risk behaviors, CBA, revealed that frequent cigarette smoking (C) is the most prevalent (2.7%) one among CBA in Taiwan.

scholarly journals Sleep Duration and Injury-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — United States, 2007–2013

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (13) ◽  
pp. 337-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne G. Wheaton ◽  
Emily O’Malley Olsen ◽  
Gabrielle F. Miller ◽  
Janet B. Croft
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sleep Duration ◽  
School Students ◽  
Related Risk

Social factors associated to the multiple risk behaviors among high school students: A case study of Hanoi high school students, Vietnam

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Duong Thi Thu Huong
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Total Risk ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Multiple Risk

Background: Young people who engaged in different risk behaviors attracted concern nowadays. Noticeably, the concurrent multiple risk behaviors generate adverse effect to health and their future life. Aims: The objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence of the concurrent multiple risk behaviors and to evaluate the association between social factors and the concurrent multiple risk behaviors among the high school students in Hanoi, Vietnam. Methods: A quantitative survey with a cross sectional design was applied involving a total of 1,333 Hanoi high school students. The survey was conducted in the end of 2016. The multivariate linear regression models were applied to examine the social factors associated with the concurrent multiple risk behaviors of Hanoi high school students. Eighteen different risk behaviors had been selected for constructing a composite variable of the total risk behaviors that students have engaged in. Results: On average, the high school students have been reported involving in 4.88 behaviors of the 18 selected observed risk behaviors. The multivariate linear regression models with demographic factors and different social connections of high school students could explain for about 37.6% of the difference in composite variable of the total risk behaviors. This present study reveals several factors that increase the number of risk behaviors the students may engage, including the connection to the family's members or friends, duration in social media, and the number of friends in the online network. In the contrast, strong family connection has been demonstrated to provide a "safe haven" for protecting the high school students from involving in increasing multiple different risk behaviors. Conclusion: The research findings strongly recommend early prevention strategies should be conducted among the high school students. The identified concurrent risk behaviors should be targeted as prevention actions rather than focusing on controlling individual risk behaviors. In addition, the involvement of their parents and friends are suggested to be the target audience together with students in concurrent risk behaviors controlling and preventing programs among the high school students and young generation. 

Rural and Nonrural African American High School Students and STD/HIV Sexual-Risk Behaviors

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin R. Milhausen ◽  
Richard Crosby ◽  
William L. Yarber ◽  
Ralph J. DiClemente ◽  
Gina M. Wingood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
African American ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Hiv Sexual Risk ◽  
Hiv Sexual Risk Behaviors
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