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Author | Lensch, T. | |
Author | Gay, C. | |
Author | Zhang, F. | |
Author | Clements-Nolle, K. | |
Author | Yang, Wei | |
Date Accessioned | 2019-03-29T17:46:12Z | |
Date Available | 2019-03-29T17:46:12Z | |
Date of Issue | 2015 | |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/11714/4985 | |
Description | Priority health risk behaviors (i.e. preventable behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality) are often established during childhood and adolescence and extend into adulthood. Ongoing surveillance of youth risk behaviors is critical for the design, implementation, and evaluation of public health interventions to improve adolescent health. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is a national surveillance system that was established in 1991 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor the prevalence of health risk behaviors among youth. In 2015 the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health contracted with the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Community Health Sciences to conduct the YRBS in all high schools throughout the state | |
Sponsorship | This research was partially supported by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-PS13-1308). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC | |
Rights | In Copyright | |
Subject | survey results
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Subject | Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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Title | 2015 Nevada High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS): Washoe County Analysis | |
Type | Technical Report | |
Rights Holder | Authors |
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