Integrating Service Learning into a Curriculum to Reduce Health Risks at Alternative High Schools

2005 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Denner ◽  
Karin Coyle ◽  
Leah Robin ◽  
Stephen Banspach
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Alternative High Schools

Preliminary Findings on Korean Adolescents' Perceptions of Health Risks

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 995-1000
Author(s):  
Youngho Kim
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
Korean Students ◽  
Korean Adolescents ◽  
Korean Version ◽  
Risk Judgments

The current study investigated how Korean adolescents perceive their own health risks and compare likelihood of their own health risks with those of others at the same age. 416 Korean students ( M = 16.2 yr., SD = .6) who attended junior high and high schools in Seoul completed a Korean version of the Self-Other Risk Judgments Profile. Analysis indicated adolescents tend to have unrealistic perceptions of their vulnerability to most health risks and perceived their own likelihood of encountering all health risk events as lower than that of others.

School-Level Efforts to Address Sexual Health and Risky Sexual Behavior Among Students in Texas Alternative High Schools

2020 ◽  
pp. 105984052095043
Author(s):  
Karen E. Johnson ◽  
Kathryn L. Conn ◽  
Cynthia Osborne ◽  
Kelly L. Wilson ◽  
Lynn Rew
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors ◽  
Alternative High Schools ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Sexual Reproductive Health

We compared sexual/reproductive health services and sexuality education topics provided in Texas alternative high schools (AHSs) with the prevalence of sexual risk behaviors among students in AHS. Using cross-sectional data from convenience samples of 14 principals, 14 lead health educators, and 515 students, we calculated descriptive statistics for 20 services and 15 sexuality education topics provided by AHSs and seven sexual risk behaviors among students in AHS. AHSs provided few sexual/reproductive health services and limited educational content, despite high levels of sexual risk taking among students. For example, no AHSs taught students about proper condom use, yet 84% of students have had sex. Findings provide preliminary evidence of unmet needs for school-based sexual/reproductive health services and comprehensive sexuality education in AHS settings. Future investigation with larger, representative samples is needed to assess the provision of sexual/reproductive health services and sexuality education in AHSs and monitor sexual risk behaviors in the AHS population.

A YRBS Survey of Youth Risk Behaviors at Alternative High Schools and Mainstream High Schools in Hong Kong

2001 ◽  
Vol 71 (9) ◽  
pp. 443-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Lee ◽  
Clement K. K. Tsang ◽  
Shiu-hung Lee ◽  
Cho-yee To
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Alternative High Schools

scholarly journals Substance use and dietary practices among students attending alternative high schools: results from a pilot study

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrisa Arcan ◽  
Martha Y Kubik ◽  
Jayne A Fulkerson ◽  
Peter J Hannan ◽  
Mary Story
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Alternative High Schools ◽  
Dietary Practices
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