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Health Risk Behaviors by Length of Time in the United States Among High School Students in Five Sites
- Source :
- Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 18:150-160
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2014.
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Abstract
- One in five public school students is from an immigrant-headed household. We used Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from one state and four large urban school districts to examine whether length of time living in the US was associated with health risk behaviors. Logistic regression models, using weighted data, controlled for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade. Compared to US natives, not having always lived in the US was correlated with lower risk for some behaviors (e.g., current marijuana use and alcohol use) among high school students, but higher risk for other behaviors (e.g., attempted suicide, physical inactivity). Many findings were inconsistent across the study sites. Interventions that specifically target recently-arrived school-aged youth to prevent behaviors that put health and safety at risk, may result in the best outcomes for immigrant youth. Care should be taken to understand the specific health risks present in different immigrant communities.
- Subjects :
- Male
Marijuana Abuse
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking
Epidemiology
Sexual Behavior
Health Behavior
Ethnic group
Psychological intervention
Emigrants and Immigrants
Poison control
Suicide, Attempted
Violence
Suicide prevention
Article
Occupational safety and health
Body Mass Index
03 medical and health sciences
Risk-Taking
0302 clinical medicine
Environmental health
Injury prevention
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
030505 public health
business.industry
Public health
Smoking
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Bullying
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
United States
Adolescent Behavior
Female
0305 other medical science
business
Acculturation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15571920 and 15571912
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....868f8d04f4e0ec1dcdd8fb51ddfd625b