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AAP Grand Rounds 2:45 (1999)
© 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics

ADOLESCENT HEALTH

High School Graduation: A Time for Health Intervention

Source: Cullen KW, Koehly LM, Anderson C, et al. Gender differences in chronic disease risk behaviors through the transition out of high school. Am J Prev Med. 1999;17(1):1–7.

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This study assessed gender differences in behaviors that increase the risk of chronic disease and measured changes in these behaviors during the period of transition out of high school. The authors utilized the Youth Risk Behavior Supplement (YRBS) of the 1992 National Health Interview Survey, which provides a nationally representative sample of households throughout the United States. The YRBS measures behaviors in the areas of diet and physical activity, tobacco, alcohol and illicit substance use, sexual behaviors, and violence. The authors assessed the effect of the transition out of high school using stepwise regression analyses to detect any abrupt change in the prevalence of behaviors of interest before, during, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Sheryl A. Ryan, MD, FAAP
Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY