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ERIC Number: EJ584865
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
Health Risk Behaviors of Texas Students Attending Dropout Prevention/Recovery Schools in 1997.
Weller, Nancy F.; Tortolero, Susan R.; Kelder, Steven H.; Grunbaum, Jo Anne; Carvajal, Scott C.; Gingiss, Phyllis M.
Journal of School Health, v69 n1 p22-28 Jan 1999
Determined the prevalence of health-risk behaviors among Texas high school students attending dropout prevention/recovery alternative schools. Student surveys indicated that a substantial number participated in behaviors that placed them at acute or chronic health risk. There were differences in prevalence of risk behaviors by gender, race/ethnicity, and age. Students frequently engaged in multiple risk behaviors. (SM)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Health Behavior, High School Students, High Schools, Injuries, Nontraditional Education, Sexuality, Student Behavior, Substance Abuse, Violence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Risk Taking Behavior; Texas