Health Risk Behavior of Rural Secondary School Students in Zimbabwe
| Autor: | Tsungai Mushore, Peter Chauke, Wayne W. Westhoff, Robert J. McDermott, Charles S. Majange, Elijah Chitsika, Moses Mushore, Clement K. Gwede |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Male Rural Population Zimbabwe Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders Sexual Behavior Population Poison control Violence 03 medical and health sciences Risk-Taking 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Environmental health Injury prevention Prevalence medicine Health Status Indicators Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Risk factor Students education education.field_of_study 030505 public health business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Odds ratio Youth Risk Behavior Survey Sexual intercourse Logistic Models Socioeconomic Factors Adolescent Behavior Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Health Education & Behavior. 28:608-623 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6127 1090-1981 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/109019810102800507 |
| Popis: | A socioculturally appropriate health risk behavior instrument, modeled after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), was administered to 717 secondary school students in a rural area of Zimbabwe. Comparisons of risk behaviors by gender and school grade were made using univariate procedures and multiple logistic regression. Males were significantly more likely than females to have had sexual intercourse (odds ratio = 5.02, p < .0001) and to report drug use behaviors. Males also were significantly more likely to report early initiation (by age 13 years) of alcohol use, cigarette smoking, and marijuana use. School site violence and drug use behaviors also were prevalent in this sample. An interaction between gender and grade was evident for some behaviors. Additional research may further the understanding of these risk behaviors and facilitate development of effective, culturally relevant risk reduction programs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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