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| العنوان: |
An assessment of the effect of data collection setting on the prevalence of health risk behaviors among adolescents. |
| المؤلفون: |
Kann L, Brener ND, Warren CW, Collins JL, Giovino GA |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Adolescent Health; Oct2002, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p327-335, 9p |
| مستخلص: |
PURPOSE: To examine the effect of data collection setting on the prevalence of priority health risk behaviors among adolescents. METHODS: Analyses were conducted using data from two national probability surveys of adolescents, the 1993 national school-based Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and the 1992 household-based National Health Interview Survey (NHIS/YRBS). Forty-two items were worded identically on both surveys. RESULTS: Thirty-nine of the 42 identically worded items (93%) showed that the YRBS produced estimates indicating higher risk than the NHIS. Twenty-four of these comparisons yielded statistically significant differences. The prevalence estimates affected most were those for behaviors that are either illegal or socially stigmatized. CONCLUSIONS: School-based surveys produce higher prevalence estimates for adolescent health risk behaviors than do household-based surveys. Each has advantages and disadvantages, and both can play a role in assessing these behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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