Socioeconomic characteristics influence attitudes towards sexuality in adolescents

Attitudes towards influenza vaccination in high socioeconomic status Turkish parents.

BACKGROUND/AIM To better understand the knowledge, attitudes, and demographic factors that influence the rate of influenza vaccination among high socioeconomic status parents. MATERIALS AND METHODS Questionnaire exploring the attitudes of parents to the influenza vaccine, and their knowledge about influenza and its vaccination, was given to parents of children from 1 through 16 years of age a...

The Impact of Ad Characteristics on Adolescents’ Attitudes Towards Antismoking Ads

Smoking exerts a considerable burden not only on those who smoke but just as well on society at large. In response, governments and institutions often resort to advertising which aims to discourage smoking. Unfortunately, our knowledge of the workings of antismoking advertising is detrimentally limited. In particular, the literature delving into the impact of antismoking ad characteristics (e. ...

Attitudes Towards Occupy Central and Factors That Influence Attitudes

This paper quantitatively and qualitatively analyzes people‟s attitudes towards Occupy Central and what factors influenced their attitudes. The data was collected by using questionnaires sent out by investigators in Hong Kong, mainland China and through the Internet, using Qualtrics, provided by the Teachers College of Columbia University. At the beginning, information about Hong Kong Special A...

Socioeconomic inequalities in health among school-aged adolescents in Tehran

Background: Socioeconomic status has been found to have a significant impact on the health as well as risk behaviors of adolescents across different contexts. This study was conducted to assess the effect of social relations adjusted by social class on physical and psychological well-being of adolescences in Teheran, Iran.     Methods: This was a cross- sectional study and car...

The influence of parents and siblings on children’s and adolescents’ attitudes and behaviours towards alcohol