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Peer reviewedDuryea, Elias J.; Mesrian, Parvin; Semark, Larry; West, Carolyn – Rural Educator, 1997
Risk factors associated with teenage pregnancy were studied among 95 Hispanic, Native American, and White ninth-grade females at a rural New Mexico high school. All respondents, regardless of ethnicity, reported moderate levels of health-compromising behaviors such as alcohol use, poor communication with parents regarding sex, and a false sense of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Females
Download full textKingsley, David E. – 2001
This paper reports on models that clarify the meaning of trends in 8th grade smoking in one of America's most rural and least densely populated states. It is based on cross-sectional analysis of data collected in the "Kansas Communities That Care Survey" from 1995 to 1999. The analysis of trends data is presented in table form utilizing…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Grade 8, Illegal Drug Use, Influences
