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Sheila Franco; Ashley Woodall; Adi Noiman; Ruowei Li; Christie Kim; Jian Chen; Laurie Elam-Evans; Denise D’Angelo; Katherine Fowler; Holly Shulman; Brenda Bauman; Katherine Kahn; Carla Black; Alexandra Thompson; Laura Hales – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2024
Maternal and infant health indicators are often used to gauge the overall health of a nation. Understanding the current state of maternal and infant well-being, health behaviors, and social determinants of health across several domains offers the opportunity to kindle ideas for interventions to improve well-being. This report features indicators…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Health, Well Being
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Huang, Li-Ling; Thrasher, James F.; Abad, Erika Nayeli; Cummings, K. Michael; Bansal-Travers, Maansi; Brown, Abraham; Nagelhout, Gera E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Objective: Evaluate the second flight of the U.S. "Tips From Former Smokers" (Tips) campaign. Method: Data were analyzed from an online consumer panel of U.S. adult smokers before (n = 1,404) and after (n = 1,401) the 2013 Tips campaign launch. Generalized estimating equation models assessed whether the Tips advertisement recall was…
Descriptors: Risk, Web Sites, Smoking, Knowledge Level
Kann, Laura; O'Malley Olsen, Emily; McManus, Tim; Kinchen, Steve; Chyen, David; Harris, William A.; Wechsler, Howell – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011
Problem: Sexual minority youths are youths who identify themselves as gay or lesbian, bisexual, or unsure of their sexual identity or youths who have only had sexual contact with persons of the same sex or with both sexes. Population-based data on the health-risk behaviors practiced by sexual minority youths are needed at the state and local…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Obesity, Physical Activities, Sexual Orientation
Green, Dan; Penaloza, Linda J.; Chrisp, Eric; Dillon, Mary; Cassell, Carol M.; Tsinajinnie, Eugene; Rinehart, Judith; Ortega, Willa – New Mexico Public Education Department, 2006
In the fall of 2005, the New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (NM YRRS) was conducted in New Mexico public high schools, with 5,679 students in grades nine through twelve participating from 20 public high schools in the state. The NM YRRS is a tool that can assist administrators and policy makers in identifying health risk behaviors among…
Descriptors: High Schools, Health Promotion, Prevention, Academic Achievement