Urban American Indian and Alaska Native youth: youth risk behavior survey 1997-2003.
Matern Child Health J
; 12 Suppl 1: 76-81, 2008 Jul.
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of health risk-behaviors among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth in urban areas. METHODS: Data from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for the years 1997-2003 were used for the analyses (Urban sample = 52,364). The YRBS is a self-report questionnaire administered to a sample of 9th-12th grade students intended to monitor health risk-behaviors. "Urban" is defined as areas within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Whites are used as the comparison group for the examination of AI/AN estimates. RESULTS: Urban AI/AN youth represented 1% of the urban sample (N = 513). The presence of a number of risk-behaviors were at least threefold higher in AI/AN compared to white youth in urban areas, including suicidal behaviors, feeling unsafe at school and needing medical treatment from a fight. Other factors were over twofold higher among AI/AN, including sexual behaviors, illegal drug use, violence at school, and experiences of rape, assault and pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS: The higher prevalence of health risk-behaviors in urban AI/AN compared to white youth reflects a need for interventions focused on urban AI/AN youth.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Población Urbana
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Inuk
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Indígenas Norteamericanos
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Conducta del Adolescente
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Disparidades en el Estado de Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Matern Child Health J
Asunto de la revista:
PERINATOLOGIA
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos