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ERIC Number: EJ557661
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey Surveillance System: Policy and Program Applications.
Everett, Sherry A.; Kann, Laura; McReynolds, Larkin
Journal of School Health, v67 n8 p333-35 Oct 1997
Summarizes how some education agencies, collaborating with health agencies, community agencies, school boards, parents, and youth, use data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which monitors six categories of adolescent behavior that place them at risk, to describe risk behaviors, create awareness, set program goals, develop programs, support health-related legislation, and seek funding. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, College Students, Higher Education, Program Development, School Community Relationship, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, State Departments of Education, Student Behavior
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Public Awareness; Risk Taking Behavior; Youth Risk Behavior Survey