Examined factors related to young adults providing tobacco to minors. Surveys of college students indicated that 33.2 percent were asked to provide tobacco to minors, and 30.8 percent complied. Males were more likely to be approached and provide tobacco than were females. Convenience stores and gas stations were the most popular locations.…

Based on the findings of this survey, the students involved are, as were all generations preceding them, avidly attempting to come to grips with their own sexuality. In many respects they are most sexually liberated when compared to their parents, but whether or not they are any more responsible concerning their sexual behavior is still critically…

Two teaching methods, self-paced reading and self-paced reading and discussion groups, were investigated to determine their effects on the behaviors of college students taking a course in human sexuality. (JD)

A general social class trend has been observed in the practices and attitudes of college students regarding sexual permissiveness, smoking, and drug usage. Of the socioeconomic classes examined, practices and attitudes appeared to be most liberal in the upper class, and most conservative in the lower middle class. (Author)

A study was made of snack selections from unrefrigerated vending machines in relation to increased availabilty of nutrient-dense snack options and provision of nutrient information at four college sites. When snack options included more nutrient-dense choices, sales dropped. When nutrition information was posted on the machines, sales increased…

This pilot study was conducted with the intention of examining changes in attitude that have or are occurring among upperclassmen on the campus of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. One method of judging this was to assess the attitudes of both sexes toward selected current sexual topics. (Author)

Both technical health words and common health words produce communication blockages in college sex education classes. (MM)

The study investigated the response of college students to health information obtained in an informal setting as it related to visitation patterns in a student health service. (Author)

The problem of suicides among college students is discussed, and recommendations for suicide prevention and possible measures for intervention are indicated. (BY)

Significant gender differences were observed regarding college students' beliefs about the consequences of smoking, their normative beliefs concerning smoking, and their willingness to comply with advice from authority figures. Educational and treatment programs should address males and females differently. (Author/PP)

A study of how female college students' behavior was affected by their awareness, knowledge, and perception of the risk of toxic shock syndrome shows that about 21 percent of those interviewed bought different products after learning of the disease. Implications for health education are drawn. (Authors/PP)

Summarizes how some education agencies, collaborating with health agencies, community agencies, school boards, parents, and youth, use data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which monitors six categories of adolescent behavior that place them at risk, to describe risk behaviors, create awareness, set program goals, develop programs, support…

Using 1993 Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, this study assessed Texas high school (N=6,015) and college students' (N=1048) alcohol use, tobacco use, and sexual behavior. Results indicated that the high school students initiated risk behaviors at much earlier ages than the college students, but college students reported a higher incidence of the…