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Okamoto, Janet; Ritt-Olson, Anamara; Soto, Daniel; Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes; Unger, Jennifer B. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2009
Objective: To examine perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino high school students. Methods: Latino 9th graders (N=1332) completed self-report measures of perceived discrimination and substance use behavior. Results: Perceived discrimination was associated with lifetime use measures of smoking (OR=1.73, P less than 0.01), alcohol…
Descriptors: Smoking, Marijuana, Prevention, Drinking
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Ogletree, Roberta J.; Dinger, Mary K.; Vesely, Sara – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2001
Examined associations between health behaviors and lifetime sexual partners. Data from the 1995 National College Health Risk Behavior Survey indicated that having two or more lifetime partners related to infrequent seatbelt use, driving after drinking, fighting, considering suicide, and using certain substances. Significant sex interactions…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Driving While Intoxicated, Health Behavior