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View Post: Why I Fight For Our Right To Marry
20 Nov 2009 by Leslie Basden  
And for every completed suicide by a young person, it is estimated that 100 to 200 attempts are made (2003 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey). Allowing same sex marriages to take place gives gay and lesbian children healthy role ...
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View Post: Community Health Works, Houston and Bibb County Schools, and ...
11 Nov 2009 by Fayette Front Page.com  
According to the Centers for Disease Control in the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, Georgia students are at a equal or greater risk of current obesity, smokeless tobacco use, episodic heavy drinking as well as lifetime ...
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View Post: Study Examines Role of Race and Ethnic Background in Coping with ...
11 Nov 2009 by Addiction Intervention  
The findings from this analysis are in fact in contrast to the results from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, which found higher alcohol use prevalent rates among Hispanic and non-Hispanic White students compared to ...
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View Post: Exploring the Relationship Among Weight, Race, and Sexual ...
26 Oct 2009 by Akers, AY, Lynch, CP, Gold, MA, Chang,...  
Key Words: body weight • sexual behavior • ethnic groups. Abbreviations: YRBSS—Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System • CDC—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • IPV—intimate partner violence ...
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View Post: FPCPP
29 Oct 2009 by Brittany Sovran  
Of the nearly 7200 high school girls asked about their sexual activity and risky sexual behavior as part of the 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey, half reported ever having sex. Those girls who were both sexually active and ...
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View Post: Less physical activity may not be factor in adolescent obesity rates
16 Nov 2009 by Natalie Wood-Wright  
... and Margarita Treuth, adjunct associate professor with the Center for Human Nutrition and a professor with the University of Maryland East Shore, examined findings from the nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance ...
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View Post: Four Charged in Richmond, Homecoming Gang Rape
29 Oct 2009 by Carol  
(2005 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance). During the past year, 9.2% of students nationwide had been hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend (dating violence). (2005 CDC Youth Risk Behavior ...
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View Post: Decrease In Physical Activity May Not Be A Factor In Increased ...
18 Nov 2009 by mangogirl53  
... the Bloomberg School's Center for Human Nutrition and a professor with the University of Maryland East Shore, examined findings from the nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBS) surveys from 1991 to 2007. ...
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View Post: Dating Violence Subject of Presentation to Crime Victims Board
21 Oct 2009
He shared results of the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) which indicated that experiences of dating violence and forced sexual behavior continues to rise among our youth. He also discussed the all too prevalent ...
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