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Lozano, Paula; Arillo-Santillán, Edna; Barrientos-Gutíerrez, Inti; Reynales Shigematsu, Luz Myriam; Thrasher, James F. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: This study examined how risk perceptions and social norms around e-cigarettes are associated with susceptibility (i.e., openness to using the product in the next 12 months) of e-cigarettes and smoking among adolescents. Methods: We analyzed data from a 2016 representative survey of 8,718 middle school students in Mexico. The study…
Descriptors: Smoking, Social Attitudes, Social Influences, Adolescents
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Borges, Guilherme; Nock, Matthew K.; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Benjet, Corina; Lara, Carmen; Chiu, Wai Tat; Kessler, Ronald C. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
Nationally representative data from the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey are presented on the lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset (AOO) distributions of suicide ideation, plan and attempt and on temporally prior demographic and "DSM-IV" psychiatric risk factors. Lifetime ideation was reported by 8.1% of respondents, while 3.2%…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Suicide, At Risk Persons, Epidemiology
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Kelley-Baker, Tara; Mumford, Elizabeth A.; Vishnuvajjala, Radha; Voas, Robert B.; Romano, Eduardo; Johnson, Mark – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2008
We examine the epidemiology of victimization among females crossing the U.S. border to drink in Tijuana, Mexico, with the purpose of creating a framework for an intervention to improve safety among female youth in drinking settings. Drinking history, history of victimization, evening drinking experience, and environmental factors are assessed.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Young Adults, Epidemiology