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Redford, Maryann – Journal of Dental Education, 1993
Research on women's dental health and on differences between men's and women's dental health issues is reviewed. Factors specifically influencing women's health, including medical, economic, social, psychological, and behavioral factors, are also examined. It is argued that the clustering of risk factors for women indicates a need for more…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Dental Health

Moore, Susan M.; Rosenthal, Doreen A. – Journal of Adolescence, 1991
Investigated relationship between sexual risk taking and attitudes toward Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) precautions among Australian nonvirgin college students (n=1,006). Results showed that, although in general young women showed more positive attitudes to AIDS precautions than young men, it was only among young women that negative…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, College Students

Friedman, Alfred S.; And Others – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1995
Gathered substance use histories from African American male (n=318) and female (n=322) adolescents to determine whether gender differences affected early life risk factors for drug use or abuse. Family variables and subject behavior predicted degree of substance use and frequency of intoxication, but no risk factor applied to both genders. (SNR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Black Studies
Tyler, Joanna – 1992
The Community Youth Activity Program (CYAP) was the first Center for Substance Abuse Prevention grantee demonstration project with a community prevention emphasis mandated by Congress under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. One of the goals of the national evaluation of the CYAP, which expanded to 31 state grantees, was to establish a baseline of…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns