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Eugenio Weigend Vargas; Cynthia Ewell Foster; Sasha Mintz; Heather A. Hartman; Laura Seewald; Rebeccah Sokol; Peter F. Ehrlich; Patrick M. Carter; Jason E. Goldstick – Youth & Society, 2024
Firearm suicides among adolescents have increased in the US and rates vary across racial and ethnic groups. In this study, we examined contextual information around adolescent firearm suicides and analyzed how incident characteristics vary across racial and ethnic groups. We analyzed firearm suicides among adolescents (ages 10-18 years) from 2004…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Weapons, Suicide, Racial Differences
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Sanderson, Jennifer M.; Desai, Mayur M.; White, Marney A. – American Journal of Health Education, 2015
Background: Overweight adolescents engage in risk behaviors at different rates than healthy-weight peers. Most extant research has focused on white or regional samples. Purpose: This article examined associations between weight and risk behaviors and determined whether associations differ by race/ethnicity. Methods: Youth Risk Behavior Survey data…
Descriptors: Obesity, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Body Weight
Shaw, Frederic E., Ed. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008
The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" ("MMWR") Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data in the weekly "MMWR" are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments. This issue of "MMWR" contains the following studies: (1) Youth Risk Behavior…
Descriptors: Death, Heart Disorders, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases