BACKGROUND The use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) by adolescents is a national health issue. One way in which the United States approaches the prevention of substance use among adolescents is by teaching high school students about ATOD at school. The curriculum for health education courses is based upon each state's framework. The purpose of this study was to conduct a 10-year foll...

Background Research has indicated that sexual minorities have higher prevalence rates for ATOD use and suicide ideation behavior compared to heterosexual youth. Yet, most studies date combined gay, lesbian, bisexuals into one category. This study sought assess the uniqueness of bisexuality risk among bisexual high school students.

Background To our knowledge, there is no valid and comprehensive questionnaire that considers attitude toward oocyte donation (OD). Therefore this study has aimed to design and develop a tool entitled attitude toward donation-oocyte (ATOD-O) to measure attitude toward OD. MaterialsAndMethods This methodological, qualitative research was undertaken on 15 infertile cases. In addition, we performe...

background: to our knowledge, there is no valid and comprehensive questionnaire that considers attitude toward oocyte donation (od). therefore this study has aimed to design and develop a tool entitled attitude toward donation-oocyte (atod-o) to measure attitude toward od. materials and methods: this methodological, qualitative research was undertaken on 15 infertile cases. in addition, we perf...

Adolescent substance use and its resulting harms are major concerns of parents, youth-serving professionals, policymakers, private philanthropies, and public health officials. Numerous prevention initiatives have been launched, yet use rates for cigarettes, marijuana, and other illicit drugs have risen during the last decade [1]. This paper argues that current prevention approaches could be imp...

White and African-American young adults who practice the same HIV/STD risk-lowering behav­ iors do not gain the same levels of protection against infection, according to a study by Dr. Denise Hallfors and colleagues at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. The researchers used the statistical technique of cluster analysis to identify distinct patterns of involvement with sex and su...

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Ten secondary health education state curriculum frameworks were reviewed for their inclusion of 12 mediators commonly used to prevent adolescent substance use. Specific aims of the investigation were: a) to identify the extent to which the 12 mediators were found in each framework; and b) to identify those frameworks that included Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) sections and determine ...