Assessing and quantifying high risk: Comparing risky behaviors by youth in an urban, disadvantaged community with nationally representative youth

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-233

  Swahn, Monica H ^a   Bossarte, Robert M ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; THEFT; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRIME; ETHNOLOGY; FIREARM; HEALTH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRIME; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 65249141645     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400210     Document Type: Article

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