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Reed, Monique; Dancy, Barbara; Holm, Karyn; Wilbur, JoEllen; Fogg, Louis – Journal of School Nursing, 2013
African American (AA) girls aged 10-12 living in urban communities designated as food deserts have a significantly greater prevalence of overweight and obesity than girls that age in the general population. The purpose of our study was (a) to examine the agreement in nutritional intake between AA girls aged 10-12 and their mothers and (b) to…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Females, African Americans, Mothers
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Donenberg, Geri R.; Emerson, Erin; Mackesy-Amiti, Mary Ellen – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: To examine the associations among mental health problems, maternal monitoring and permissiveness, mother-daughter communication and attachment, and sexual behaviors among African American girls receiving outpatient psychiatric care. Youths with mental health problems report higher rates of HIV-risk behavior than do their peers, and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Mothers, Daughters, Sexually Transmitted Diseases