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Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Publication YearNot Available
Respondent TypeStudent
Grade or AgeHigh School

Purpose

Used to assess the prevalence of risk behaviors associated with the leading causes of illness and death among youth in the United States

Keywords

risk behavior, victimization, violence

Contact

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Not Available

Evidence and Research

Kolbe, Kann, and Collins, 1993; DuRant, Pendergast, and Cadenhead, 1994; Nelson, Higginson, and Grant-Worley, 1994; Greene, 1995; Valois, McKeown, Garrison, and Vincent, 1995; DuRant, 1996; Gabriel, Hopson, Haskins,, and Powell, 1996; DuRant, Kahn, Beckford, Hayden, and Woods, 1997; Hill, 1997; Kann et al., 1997