Comparison of Health-Risk Behaviors among Students Attending Alternative and Traditional High Schools in Minnesota

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Karen E.; McMorris, Barbara J.; Kubik, Martha Y.
Titel	Comparison of Health-Risk Behaviors among Students Attending Alternative and Traditional High Schools in Minnesota
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 29 (2013) 5, S.343-352 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/1059840512469409
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; Nontraditional Education; Risk; Health Behavior; Injuries; Violence; Smoking; Drinking; Drug Use; Sexuality; Physical Activities; Team Sports; Role; Student Surveys; High School Students; Case Studies; Race; Lunch Programs; Ethnicity; Gender Differences; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Risiko; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Gewalt; Rauchen; Trinken; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Sexualität; Mannschaftssport; Rollen; Schülerbefragung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Rasse; Abstammung; Mittagessen; Ethnizität; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Previous research, over a decade old, suggests students attending alternative high schools (AHS) engage in high levels of health-risk behaviors. Data from the 2007 Minnesota Student Survey for students attending AHS ("n" = 2,847) and traditional high schools (THS; "n" = 87,468) were used for this cross-sectional analysis to compare prevalence estimates, adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and free and reduced lunch, for 28 health-risk behaviors. Students attending AHS were significantly more likely than students attending THS to report engaging in all behaviors related to unintentional injury and violence, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, and sexual activity, and were significantly less likely to report participating in physical activity, including sports teams. Students attending AHS continue to engage in high levels of health-risk behaviors as compared to their peers in THS. Updated national prevalence data were needed, as well as studies examining the role of protective factors in the lives of students attending AHS. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10