Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
| Drug Abuse | 7 |
| Eating Habits | 7 |
| Student Attitudes | 7 |
| Sexuality | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Drinking | 4 |
| Health Behavior | 4 |
| Adolescents | 3 |
| Alcohol Abuse | 3 |
| Foreign Countries | 3 |
| Gender Differences | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| American Journal of Health… | 1 |
| Asia-Pacific Forum on Science… | 1 |
| Health Education | 1 |
| Science Education… | 1 |
| Youth & Society | 1 |
Author
| Alshehri, Saad Zafir | 1 |
| Anilan, Burcu | 1 |
| Burak, Lydia J. | 1 |
| Byrne, Jenny | 1 |
| Carvalho, Amâncio | 1 |
| Carvalho, Graça | 1 |
| Fernan, Steven A. | 1 |
| Grace, Marcus | 1 |
| Kadel, Ben | 1 |
| Karlyn J. Gorski | 1 |
| Rodrigues, Vitor | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 6 |
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
| High Schools | 2 |
| Higher Education | 2 |
| Secondary Education | 2 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full text
Direct linkKarlyn J. Gorski – Youth & Society, 2023
Youths' affinity for snack foods is well-documented; in various contexts, they sell chips, candy, and other goods. Adults may frame such sales as either entrepreneurial or deviant, which can contribute to positive youth development (on one hand) or cycles of disengagement and criminalization (on the other). Drawing on ethnographic and interview…
Descriptors: High School Students, Food, Eating Habits, Entrepreneurship
Alshehri, Saad Zafir; Byrne, Jenny; Grace, Marcus – Health Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how and why Saudi Arabian students engage in specific health risk behaviours (HRBs), and if there are gender differences. Design/methodology/approach: In order to find out the situation regarding university students in Saudi Arabia, quantitative data were collected by administering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Risk
Anilan, Burcu – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2014
This descriptive research was conducted to determine the levels of environmental risk perceptions and environmental awareness of high school students in Eskisehir. High school students in the towns Tepebasi and Odunpazari in the 2010-2011 school years constitute the universe of the research. The sample of the research is composed of 413 high…
Descriptors: High School Students, Risk, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Rodrigues, Vitor; Carvalho, Amâncio; Carvalho, Graça – Science Education International, 2007
The feeding habits acquired during childhood and adolescence have important implications on the health state of individuals, and their physical and emotional well-being. According to WHO (1993), one of the most serious problems that young people face is the excessive consumption of certain types of food that are less healthy. On the other side,…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Health Behavior, Eating Habits, Life Style
Fernan, Steven A.; And Others – 1994
How can state leaders mobilize to meet the health and safety needs of its school-age children? To understand more about children's health, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has surveyed Wisconsin students. In 1993 the DPI and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) joined forces to conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Children, Dietetics
Kadel, Ben – 1998
Part of a national survey effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) conducted in Wisconsin public schools in 1997 is presented. The core of the survey measures 16 objectives set by CDC as part of its Year 2000 initiative. Additional questions were added specifically for Wisconsin.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Dietetics, Drinking
Burak, Lydia J. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2003
Aliteracy is defined as the quality or state of being able to read but the lack of interest in doing so; aliterates can read, but they never read for the love of reading. Aliteracy is said to be prevalent among college students. Also prevalent among college students are risk behaviors that contribute to poor health. Problem behavior theory links a…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, College Students, Reading Attitudes, Health Behavior
