Article: Sexual Activity and the Sexual Health of Adolescents in the United States

Article: Sexual Activity and Condom Use Up Among High School ...
U.S. Newswire;  May 20, 2004 ;     659 words ... ... Prevention (CDC) released Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance ... health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults, including ... The overall decline in sexual activity and increased condom use among ... According to the YRBS, sexual activity among high school students ...

Article: Middle school youth as young as 12 engaging in risky ...
Biotech Week;  May 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... HOUSTON - (April 8, 2009) - Middle school youth are engaging in sexual intercourse as early ... related to condoms and contraception for youth who are already sexually active." The ... sexually active. More than one-third of youth in the study reported engaging in precoital ...

Article: Keeping busy, but not that busy. (Youth ...
Parks & Recreation;  February 1, 2003 ;     658 words ... ... activities to determine whether this reduces risk-taking. For help setting up programs for youth in your community, contact Sonia Amir, NRPA Youth Services Director, at samir@nrpa.org or 703-858-2199.

Article: Truancy, grade point average, and sexual activity: ...
Journal of School Health;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... unidentifiable ways, meaningful results still may be obtained by breaking the youth out in analyses and looking at the trends separately for high-risk and low-risk youth. IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL RISK INDICATOR VARIABLES Three variables associated ...

Article: Youths' risky behaviors vary by race, ethnicity: a survey ...
Pediatric News;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... will eat nutritious foods, Dr. Flores said. The National Youth Risk Behavior Survey will help to dispel some myths that black ... t falling fast enough, Dr. Wechsler said. The National Youth Risk Behavior Survey includes responses from a nationally representative ...

Article: LAW ENACTED IN 1921 County in Idaho prosecutes teenagers for ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 21, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... he said. Critics say county officials have been taken aback by the public scrutiny and may think twice before charging other youths, but John said he is undaunted. "I'm not going to go door to door," the sheriff said, "but in every case that I hear ...

Article: Age of consent to sexual activity in Canada: ...
The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... exploitative sexual activity from 14 to 16 years ... who engaged in sexual activity with a 14- or 15-year-old youth but is less than ... cohabiting with the youth in a conjugal relationship ... Age of consent to sexual activity has always been ...