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ERIC Number: EJ569495
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
AIDS Risk Among Students Attending Seventh-day Adventist Schools in North America.
Hopkins, Gary L.; Hopp, Joyce W.; Marshak, Helen P. Hopp; Neish, Christine; Rhoads, Gayle
Journal of School Health, v68 n4 p141-45 Apr 1998
Surveys of students attending Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) high schools assessed sexual and drug-use behaviors that placed them at risk for contracting or transmitting HIV. Comparison of the results with data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicated that SDA students had lower rates of sexual intercourse and substance use. Parental substance-use influenced students' risk behaviors. (SM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Foreign Countries, Health Behavior, High School Students, High Schools, Parent Influence, Parochial Schools, Religious Education, Sexuality, Student Behavior, Substance Abuse
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; Risk Taking Behavior; Seventh Day Adventist School System; Youth Risk Behavior Survey