Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among American Indian and Alaska Native High School Students

Autor/inn/en	de Ravello, Lori; Everett Jones, Sherry; Tulloch, Scott; Taylor, Melanie; Doshi, Sonal
Titel	Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among American Indian and Alaska Native High School Students
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 84 (2014) 1, S.25-32 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12114
Schlagwörter	Substance Abuse; At Risk Persons; American Indians; Alaska Natives; High School Students; Early Parenthood; Pregnancy; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Racial Differences; Ethnic Groups; National Surveys; Incidence; Age Differences; Sexuality; Health Behavior; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; American Indian Students; White Students; Regression (Statistics); Youth Risk Behavior Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Risikogruppe; American Indian; Indianer; Inuit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schwangerschaft; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Rassenunterschied; Ethnie; Vorkommen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sexualität; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Background: We describe the prevalence of behaviors that put American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) high school students at risk for teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the relationships among race/ethnicity and these behaviors. Methods: We analyzed merged 2007 and 2009 data from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a biennial, self-administered, school-based survey of US students in grades 9-12 (N?=?27,912). Prevalence estimates and logistic regression, controlling for sex and grade, were used to examine the associations between race/ethnicity, and substance use, and sexual risk behaviors. Results: Of the 26 variables studied, the adjusted odds ratios (AOR) were higher among AI/AN than White students for 18 variables (ranging from 1.4 to 2.3), higher among AI/AN than Black students for 13 variables (ranging from 1.4 to 4.2), and higher among AI/AN than Hispanic students for 5 variables (ranging from 1.4 to 1.5). Odds were lower among AI/AN than Black students for many of the sexual risk-related behaviors. Conclusions: The data suggest it is necessary to develop targeted, adolescent-specific interventions aimed at reducing behaviors that put AI/AN high school students at risk for teen pregnancy, STI/HIV, and other health conditions. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10