Richard Lowry
Biographic Data
| ID | 4239668 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Lowry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Lowry |
| SIGNATURE | LOWRY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1595-5814 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Health Risk Behaviors, Experiences, and Conditions Among Students Attending Private and Public High Schools
BACKGROUND: Approximately 8.8% of US high school students attended private schools in 2015. Few studies have characterized health risk behaviors among these students or compared prevalence of behaviors between students in private and public schools using a contemporary, nationally representative sample. METHODS: Pooled 2007-2017 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey data were used to estimate the prevalence of 35 health risk behaviors for 89,848 pu…
Differences in Adolescent Experiences of Polyvictimization and Suicide Risk by Sexual Minority Status
Sexual minority adolescents (SMA) report more suicide risk behaviors than heterosexual adolescents. Polyvictimization (co‐occurrence of multiple types of victimization) may be an important, underresearched correlate of this disparity. With the 2017 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey ( N = 13,179), national estimates of polyvictimization and suicide risk were assessed among high school students by sexual minority status (SM vs. heterosexual), and…
Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among high school-aged youths 14-18 years after unintentional injuries. This report summarizes data regarding suicidal ideation (i.e., seriously considered suicide) and behaviors (i.e., made a suicide plan, attempted suicide, and made a suicide attempt requiring medical treatment) from CDC's 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Results are reported overall and by sex, grade, race/ethnicity, sexual identity…
Interpersonal Violence Victimization Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019
Adolescent interpersonal violence victimization is an adverse childhood experience and a serious public health problem for youths, their families, and communities. Violence victimization includes dating violence, sexual violence, and bullying. Youth Risk Behavior Survey data for 2019 were used to examine physical and sexual dating violence; sexual violence by anyone; and bullying victimization, whether on school property or electronic, of U.S. hi…
Transgender Identity and Experiences of Violence Victimization, Substance Use, Suicide Risk, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — 19 States and Large Urban School Districts, 2017
) experience disparities in violence victimization, substance use, suicide risk, and sexual risk compared with their cisgender peers (those whose gender identity does align with their sex) (1-3). Yet few large-scale assessments of these disparities among high school students exist. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is conducted biennially among local, state, and nationally representative samples of U.S. high school students in grades 9-12. In…
Substance use, violence experiences, and mental health issues: Are these health risks associated with HIV testing among sexually experienced U.S. high school students
HIV testing is a critical strategy for prevention of HIV yet testing among sexually experienced adolescents is sub-optimal. The purpose of this study is to examine associations between risk behaviors and experiences related to substance use, violence, and mental health and suicide and receipt of testing. We analyzed cross-sectional data from the 2017 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a nationally representative sample of U.S. high school stude…
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017
PROBLEM: Health-risk behaviors contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youth and adults in the United States. In addition, significant health disparities exist among demographic subgroups of youth defined by sex, race/ethnicity, and grade in school and between sexual minority and nonsexual minority youth. Population-based data on the most important health-related behaviors at the national, state, and local levels can be …
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance United States, 2015
Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — United States and Selected Sites, 2015
PROBLEM: Sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts can both be used to identify sexual minority youth. Significant health disparities exist between sexual minority and nonsexual minority youth. However, not enough is known about health-related behaviors that contribute to negative health outcomes among sexual minority youth and how the prevalence of these health-related behaviors compare with the prevalence of health-related behaviors among nons…
Trends in Weight Management Goals and Behaviors Among 9th–12th Grade Students: United States, 1999–2009
Archaeology in Bermuda
Archaeology in Bermuda is run through the Bermuda Maritime Museum and the Bermuda National Trust. While the archaeological programmes of these two organizations are managed by local archaeologists, they both owe a huge debt to a number of North American and English institutions, whose collaborative efforts not only led to their formation, but which also continue to play an integral part in archaeological research on Bermuda today. This article hi…
Making Girls into Women: American Women's Writing and the Rise of Lesbian Identity; From Girl to Woman: American Women's Coming-of-Age Narratives
Book Review| March 01 2005 Making Girls into Women: American Women's Writing and the Rise of Lesbian Identity; From Girl to Woman: American Women's Coming-of-Age Narratives By Kathryn R. Kent. Durham, N.C.: Duke Univ. Press. 2003. xi, 355 pp. Cloth, $64.95; paper, $21.95.By Christy Rishoi. Albany: State Univ. of New York Press. 2003. xi, 202 pp. Cloth, $62.50; paper, $20.95. Richard S. Lowry Richard S. Lowry Search for other works by this author …
Reliability and validity of self-reported height and weight among high school students
Multiple Sexual Partners Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults
CONTEXT: Because many teenagers and young adults fail to use condoms correctly and consistently, the number of sexual partners they have is an important risk factor for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. Identifying factors that are associated with having multiple partners can help in the design of disease interventions. METHODS: Data on 8,450 males and females aged 14-22 who participated in the 1992 Youth Risk Behavior Survey were use…
"Littery Man": Mark Twain and Modern Authorship
Littery Man: Mark Twain and Modern Authorship
As Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens became one of America's first modern celebrities, successfully straddling the conflicts between culture and commerce. Twain manipulated the cultural outlets of his day, not only through publication of his diverse novels, but through newspapers, magazines, book reviews, advertising, and his popular performances and readings. In Littery Man, Richard Lowry examines a range of Twain's major works to show how the writer s…
The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Chronic Disease Risk Behaviors Among US Adolescents
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between socioeconomic status and risk behaviors for chronic disease among a nationally representative sample of adolescents in the United States. DESIGN: Household survey, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey supplement to the 1992 National Health Interview Survey. SETTING: United States. PARTICIPANTS: Nationally representative sample of 6321 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Standardized pre…
Changes in HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among US high school students, 1989 and 1990
OBJECTIVES. Few data have been available among adolescents to determine behavioral changes that may prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This analysis examines changes in the prevalence of self-reported HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among high school students in the United States. METHODS. Two independent, multistage national probability samples of students in grades 9 through 12 were surv…
Substance use and HIV-related sexual behaviors among US high school students: Are they related
OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to examine whether use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs is related to the likelihood of sexual behaviors that increase risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among youth. METHODS. The 1990 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey was used to collect self-reported information about a broad range of health risk behaviors from a representative sample of 11,631 high sc…
Iron frames: Reconstructing the landscape views of A. J. Russell's photography
(1989). Iron frames: Reconstructing the landscape views of A. J. Russell's photography. Nineteenth-Century Contexts: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 41-66
The reflex model in psychology: Origins and evolution
Psychoanalysis and the philosophy of physicalism
Substance use and HIV-related sexual behaviors among US high school students: Are they related
OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to examine whether use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs is related to the likelihood of sexual behaviors that increase risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among youth. METHODS. The 1990 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey was used to collect self-reported information about a broad range of health risk behaviors from a representative sample of 11,631 high sc…
Changes in HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among US high school students, 1989 and 1990
OBJECTIVES. Few data have been available among adolescents to determine behavioral changes that may prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This analysis examines changes in the prevalence of self-reported HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among high school students in the United States. METHODS. Two independent, multistage national probability samples of students in grades 9 through 12 were surv…
Psychoanalysis and the philosophy of physicalism
The reflex model in psychology: Origins and evolution
Iron frames: Reconstructing the landscape views of A. J. Russell's photography
(1989). Iron frames: Reconstructing the landscape views of A. J. Russell's photography. Nineteenth-Century Contexts: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 41-66
Changes in HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among US high school students, 1989 and 1990
OBJECTIVES. Few data have been available among adolescents to determine behavioral changes that may prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This analysis examines changes in the prevalence of self-reported HIV-related information sources, instruction, knowledge, and behaviors among high school students in the United States. METHODS. Two independent, multistage national probability samples of students in grades 9 through 12 were surv…
Substance use and HIV-related sexual behaviors among US high school students: Are they related
OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to examine whether use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs is related to the likelihood of sexual behaviors that increase risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among youth. METHODS. The 1990 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey was used to collect self-reported information about a broad range of health risk behaviors from a representative sample of 11,631 high sc…
The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Chronic Disease Risk Behaviors Among US Adolescents
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between socioeconomic status and risk behaviors for chronic disease among a nationally representative sample of adolescents in the United States. DESIGN: Household survey, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey supplement to the 1992 National Health Interview Survey. SETTING: United States. PARTICIPANTS: Nationally representative sample of 6321 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Standardized pre…
"Littery Man": Mark Twain and Modern Authorship
Littery Man: Mark Twain and Modern Authorship
As Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens became one of America's first modern celebrities, successfully straddling the conflicts between culture and commerce. Twain manipulated the cultural outlets of his day, not only through publication of his diverse novels, but through newspapers, magazines, book reviews, advertising, and his popular performances and readings. In Littery Man, Richard Lowry examines a range of Twain's major works to show how the writer s…
Multiple Sexual Partners Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults
CONTEXT: Because many teenagers and young adults fail to use condoms correctly and consistently, the number of sexual partners they have is an important risk factor for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. Identifying factors that are associated with having multiple partners can help in the design of disease interventions. METHODS: Data on 8,450 males and females aged 14-22 who participated in the 1992 Youth Risk Behavior Survey were use…
Reliability and validity of self-reported height and weight among high school students
Making Girls into Women: American Women's Writing and the Rise of Lesbian Identity; From Girl to Woman: American Women's Coming-of-Age Narratives
Book Review| March 01 2005 Making Girls into Women: American Women's Writing and the Rise of Lesbian Identity; From Girl to Woman: American Women's Coming-of-Age Narratives By Kathryn R. Kent. Durham, N.C.: Duke Univ. Press. 2003. xi, 355 pp. Cloth, $64.95; paper, $21.95.By Christy Rishoi. Albany: State Univ. of New York Press. 2003. xi, 202 pp. Cloth, $62.50; paper, $20.95. Richard S. Lowry Richard S. Lowry Search for other works by this author …
Archaeology in Bermuda
Archaeology in Bermuda is run through the Bermuda Maritime Museum and the Bermuda National Trust. While the archaeological programmes of these two organizations are managed by local archaeologists, they both owe a huge debt to a number of North American and English institutions, whose collaborative efforts not only led to their formation, but which also continue to play an integral part in archaeological research on Bermuda today. This article hi…
Trends in Weight Management Goals and Behaviors Among 9th–12th Grade Students: United States, 1999–2009
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance United States, 2015
Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — United States and Selected Sites, 2015
PROBLEM: Sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts can both be used to identify sexual minority youth. Significant health disparities exist between sexual minority and nonsexual minority youth. However, not enough is known about health-related behaviors that contribute to negative health outcomes among sexual minority youth and how the prevalence of these health-related behaviors compare with the prevalence of health-related behaviors among nons…
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017
PROBLEM: Health-risk behaviors contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youth and adults in the United States. In addition, significant health disparities exist among demographic subgroups of youth defined by sex, race/ethnicity, and grade in school and between sexual minority and nonsexual minority youth. Population-based data on the most important health-related behaviors at the national, state, and local levels can be …
Transgender Identity and Experiences of Violence Victimization, Substance Use, Suicide Risk, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — 19 States and Large Urban School Districts, 2017
) experience disparities in violence victimization, substance use, suicide risk, and sexual risk compared with their cisgender peers (those whose gender identity does align with their sex) (1-3). Yet few large-scale assessments of these disparities among high school students exist. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is conducted biennially among local, state, and nationally representative samples of U.S. high school students in grades 9-12. In…
Substance use, violence experiences, and mental health issues: Are these health risks associated with HIV testing among sexually experienced U.S. high school students
HIV testing is a critical strategy for prevention of HIV yet testing among sexually experienced adolescents is sub-optimal. The purpose of this study is to examine associations between risk behaviors and experiences related to substance use, violence, and mental health and suicide and receipt of testing. We analyzed cross-sectional data from the 2017 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a nationally representative sample of U.S. high school stude…
Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among high school-aged youths 14-18 years after unintentional injuries. This report summarizes data regarding suicidal ideation (i.e., seriously considered suicide) and behaviors (i.e., made a suicide plan, attempted suicide, and made a suicide attempt requiring medical treatment) from CDC's 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Results are reported overall and by sex, grade, race/ethnicity, sexual identity…
Interpersonal Violence Victimization Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019
Adolescent interpersonal violence victimization is an adverse childhood experience and a serious public health problem for youths, their families, and communities. Violence victimization includes dating violence, sexual violence, and bullying. Youth Risk Behavior Survey data for 2019 were used to examine physical and sexual dating violence; sexual violence by anyone; and bullying victimization, whether on school property or electronic, of U.S. hi…
Health Risk Behaviors, Experiences, and Conditions Among Students Attending Private and Public High Schools
BACKGROUND: Approximately 8.8% of US high school students attended private schools in 2015. Few studies have characterized health risk behaviors among these students or compared prevalence of behaviors between students in private and public schools using a contemporary, nationally representative sample. METHODS: Pooled 2007-2017 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey data were used to estimate the prevalence of 35 health risk behaviors for 89,848 pu…
Differences in Adolescent Experiences of Polyvictimization and Suicide Risk by Sexual Minority Status
Sexual minority adolescents (SMA) report more suicide risk behaviors than heterosexual adolescents. Polyvictimization (co‐occurrence of multiple types of victimization) may be an important, underresearched correlate of this disparity. With the 2017 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey ( N = 13,179), national estimates of polyvictimization and suicide risk were assessed among high school students by sexual minority status (SM vs. heterosexual), and…
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Demography (10 works) · Poison control (9 works) · Youth Risk Behavior Survey (9 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (8 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Suicide prevention (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Ethnic group (6 works)