Culture and risk taking in adolescents' behaviors

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-105

  Christopherson, Toni Michelle ^a   Jordan Marsh, Maryalice ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescence; Adolescent health; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644332340     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200403000-00008     Document Type: Review

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