Adolescent Health in the Caribbean

Risk and Protective Factors

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ID11020137
AuthorsRobert Wm Blum (0000-0002-7647-7636, Pan American Health Organization (Cuba)), Linda Halcon (Robert W. Blum and Trish Beuhring are with the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Linda Halcón is with the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota. Ernest Pate is with the Department of Family Health, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. Sheila Campell-Forrester is with the Ministry of Health, Montego Bay, Jamaica. Anneke Venema is with the Department of Family Health, Pan American Health Organization, Bridgetown, Barbados.), Linda L Halcón (Pan American Health Organization (Cuba)), Trish Beuhring (Robert W. Blum and Trish Beuhring are with the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Linda Halcón is with the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota. Ernest Pate is with the Department of Family Health, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. Sheila Campell-Forrester is with the Ministry of Health, Montego Bay, Jamaica. Anneke Venema is with the Department of Family Health, Pan American Health Organization, Bridgetown, Barbados.), Ernest Pate (Robert W. Blum and Trish Beuhring are with the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Linda Halcón is with the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota. Ernest Pate is with the Department of Family Health, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. Sheila Campell-Forrester is with the Ministry of Health, Montego Bay, Jamaica. Anneke Venema is with the Department of Family Health, Pan American Health Organization, Bridgetown, Barbados.), Sheila Campell-Forrester (Robert W. Blum and Trish Beuhring are with the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Linda Halcón is with the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota. Ernest Pate is with the Department of Family Health, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. Sheila Campell-Forrester is with the Ministry of Health, Montego Bay, Jamaica. Anneke Venema is with the Department of Family Health, Pan American Health Organization, Bridgetown, Barbados.), Anneke Venema (Robert W. Blum and Trish Beuhring are with the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Linda Halcón is with the School of Nursing, University of Minnesota. Ernest Pate is with the Department of Family Health, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. Sheila Campell-Forrester is with the Ministry of Health, Montego Bay, Jamaica. Anneke Venema is with the Department of Family Health, Pan American Health Organization, Bridgetown, Barbados.)
Year2003
Volume93
Issue3
Pages456-460
Publication date2003-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.93.3.456
PMID12604495
OpenAlexW2082610198
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited10

Objectives. 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. Methods. A survey was administered to representative samples of young people from 9 Caribbean countries. Results. Physical/sexual abuse and having a friend or relative who had attempted suicide were associated with an increased prevalence of health-compromising behaviors. Connectedness with parents and school and attendance at religious services were associated with fewer health risk behaviors. Conclusions. When the identified risk and protective factors were compared with those seen among young people in the United States, similarities as well as important differences were found

Attendance · Environmental health · Health risk · Injury prevention · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Sexual abuse · Social connectedness · Substance abuse · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Demography · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology

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