PURPOSE: The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitors health-
risk behaviors of adolescents in United States, which include (1) violence;(2) tobacco use;(3) …

Relatively little is known about how parents influence the health and well-being of lesbian,
gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents and young adults. This gap has led to a paucity of …

The health of adolescents is strongly affected by social factors at personal, family,
community, and national levels. Nations present young people with structures of opportunity …

Research over the past 20 years suggests that the quality of the parent-adolescent
relationship significantly affects the development of risk behaviors in adolescent health. The …

OBJECTIVE. The US government spends more than $200 million annually on abstinence-
promotion programs, including virginity pledges. This study compares the sexual activity of …

Gonorrhea is a set of clinical conditions resulting from infection with the sexually-acquired
bacterial pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Acquisition may involve multiple mucosal sites …

OBJECTIVES: To determine if longitudinal associations exist between parental incarceration
(PI) and health care use or health behaviors among a national sample of young adults …

The Evidence-based Parenting Practitioner's Handbook provides a comprehensive
overview of the knowledge necessary to effectively deliver evidence-based parenting …

Objective: This study examined whether uncontrollable stressful life events were associated
with sexual risk taking among adolescents across a 1-year period, and whether supportive …

Objective. To report young people's variations in sexual health knowledge, attitudes and
behaviours by religious affiliation. Design. A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey …