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View Post: 112509yrbs
25 Nov 2009
BURLINGTON – Fewer young Vermonters (8th to 12th graders) believe tobacco and marijuana are harmful than they did two years ago, according to the 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a survey of more than 11000 students conducted every two ...
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View Post: Susceptibility predicts smoking risk among Mexican-American youth ...
5 hours ago by BJS  
Susceptibility predicts smoking risk among Mexican-American youth. HOUSTON - Whether non-smoking Mexican-American adolescents go on to experiment with smoking depends largely on their initial attitude toward the habit, researchers at ...
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View Post: Education Issues & Topics: At Risk Youth
25 Nov 2009 by BlogAdmin  
Statistics say that about 50% of all American teens take part in some at risk behavior on some level that inhibits their ability to succeed academically. For at risk teens some of this risky behaviors include: teen pregnancy, drug use, ...
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View Post: We are the wave: Rape
16 hours ago by Amanda  
•One in five female high school student reports being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner (Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), August 2001) With reading these statistics I was shocked at the amount of rape ...
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View Post: Progress Ohio
Dave Harding's Blog: State Agency Honors Exemplary ...
17 hours ago by Dave Harding, ProgressOhio   ...
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View Post: So Salem: Community news from Salem - Roanoke.com » Findings from ...
5 Nov 2009 by Miranda Adkins  
The Salem Prevention Planning Team will hold a town hall meeting to present the findings from a Youth Risk Behavior Survey at 6 pm Tuesday, November 10 at the Salem Family YMCA. We encourage parents, educators, professionals, ...
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View Post: Intimate partner abuse increases the risk for Sexually Transmitted ...
26 Nov 2009 by GreenLiveForever.com  
The National Youth Risk Behavior Survey estimated that the rate of physical IPV victimization among high school-aged youth was 10% in 2007. For some segments of the population, the rates of partner abuse are higher. ...
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