Youth health-risk behavior assessment in Fiji: The reliability of Global School-based Student Health Survey content adapted for ethnic Fijian girls

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-197

  Becker, Anne E ^a   Roberts, Andrea L ^b   Perloe, Alexandra ^c   Bainivualiku, Asenaca ^d   Richards, Lauren K ^e   Gilman, Stephen E ^b   Striegel Moore, Ruth H ^f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic Fijians; Fiji; Global School based Student Health Survey; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; STUDENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIJI; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FIJI; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

FIJI;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77951619700     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557851003615552     Document Type: Article

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