Evaluation of the Effect of an Aids Prevention Program on High School Students’ Sexual Risk-Taking Behavior

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleenm Hanna ◽  
Susan Hanrahan ◽  
Jean Hershey
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
School Students ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior

scholarly journals Homelessness Experiences, Sexual Orientation, and Sexual Risk Taking Among High School Students in Los Angeles

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 773-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Rice ◽  
Anamika Barman-Adhikari ◽  
Harmony Rhoades ◽  
Hailey Winetrobe ◽  
Anthony Fulginiti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
School Students

Risk-taking behavior among high school students in South Korea

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUNGHYUN HAN ◽  
MINJA KIM CHOE ◽  
MYUNG-SUN LEE ◽  
SUN-HEE LEE
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
School Students ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior

Risk of depression and multiple sexual risk-taking behaviours in adolescents in Nova Scotia, Canada

Sexual Health ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Langille ◽  
Mark Asbridge ◽  
Steve Kisely ◽  
Kevin Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
School Students ◽  
Sexual Risks ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviours

Background Although depression is known to be associated with adolescent sexual risk-taking, Canadian studies are few, many have lacked appropriate controls and none has examined the associations of depression with multiple sexual risk-taking behaviours. We tested associations between multiple sexual risk-taking and risk of depression, controlling for other factors, including social capital, in high school students in Nova Scotia, Canada. Methods: We surveyed sexually active male (n = 418) and female (n = 467) adolescents. Participants were asked about their risk of depression, perceptions of social capital, substance use, sociodemographic factors and sexual behaviours. Multinomial logistic regressions were used to determine associations of risk of depression with various levels of sexual risk-taking. Results: In unadjusted models, risk of depression was associated with two or more v. no sexual risk behaviours among both males and females. After controlling for other variables, risk of depression remained significantly associated with two or more sexual risks v. no risks for both females and males (relative risk ratios (RRR) of 2.5; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.4–4.5 and 3.5; 95% CI 1.6–7.82 respectively) and for one v. no risks for females (RRR = 1.9; 95% CI 1.1–3.5). One measure of social capital was associated with multiple risks in females. Conclusions: The consistent, independent associations of risk of depression with multiple sexual risks should lead health care workers interacting with adolescents to ask about sexual risk behaviours among patients with symptoms of depression. Alternatively, patients who engage in sexual risk-taking might be screened for depression.

Effects on High School Students of Teaching a Cross-Age Alcohol Prevention Program

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-216
Author(s):  
Alison Padget ◽  
Mary Lou Bell ◽  
Stephen R. Shamblen ◽  
Chris Ringwalt
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Vehicle Safety ◽  
Alcohol Prevention ◽  
School Students ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Impact

This study examined the impact on high school students who taught elementary students MADD's Protecting You/Protecting Me (PY/PM), an alcohol use prevention and vehicle safety program. High school students ( N = 188) enrolled in a peer helping course completed surveys before and after teaching PY/PM, and a comparison group of peer helper students ( N = 141) from matched schools completed surveys at the same times. Results indicated that, relative to the comparison group, those exposed to PY/PM gained knowledge of alcohol's effects, increased their perceptions of the risks of high levels of alcohol use, gained teaching skills, and showed less frequent episodes of binge drinking. No effects were found for attitudes toward future drinking, perceptions of the risk of low levels of alcohol use, alcohol use, or vehicle safety. This cross-age prevention program may be successful in changing high school students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding high levels, but not low levels, of alcohol use.

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