Adolescent Health in the Caribbean: Risk and Protective Factors
Author(s) -
Robert W. Blum,
Linda L. Halcón,
Trish Beuhring,
Ernest Pate,
Sheila Campell-Forrester,
Anneke Venema
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.93.3.456
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , social connectedness , injury prevention , attendance , poison control , health risk , human factors and ergonomics , sexual abuse , substance abuse , demography , gerontology , psychology , psychiatry , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth , psychotherapist
This study sought to identify, among youths, factors associated with characteristics such as poor health status, substance use, and suicide risk and to explore the extent to which the risk and protective factors identified cut across health-compromising behaviors.
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