Attitudes of parents of high school students about AIDS, drug, and sex education in schools - Rome, Italy, 1991
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Parents of high school students in Rome, Italy may support AIDS, drug and sex education for their children. Of 611 parents of high school students questioned, 583 (95%) had discussed drugs, 508 (83%) had discussed AIDS, and 460 (75%) had discussed sex with their children. The survey found that 602 parents (99%) supported AIDS education, 600 (98%) supported drug education, and 578 (95%) supported sex education in the schools. Most parents believed that condoms should be discussed during AIDS education. Parents who favored AIDS, drug and sex education believed that AIDS education should begin at an average age of 11.7 years-of-age, drug education at 9.2 years-of-age, and sex education at 10.2 years-of-age. Parents who objected to drug, AIDS and sex education in the schools were more likely to have never discussed these topics with their children at home, to send their children to a scientific or classical high school, to be older than age 45, and to have more than a middle-school education.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1992
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The presence and accessibility of firearms in the homes of adolescent suicides: a case-control study
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Teenagers with access to guns in the home may be more likely to commit suicide. A survey of the families of 47 teenage suicide victims found that these families were twice as likely to have guns in the house as the families of 47 teenagers who had attempted suicide (attempters) and 47 non-suicidal teenage psychiatric patients. Sixty-nine percent of the victims used a gun, but none of the attempters used a gun. The victims used handguns just as frequently as long guns to commit suicide. Fifty-five percent of the victims' families had stored their guns loaded or with ammunition close by; but only 23.5% of attempters' families and 37.5% of psychiatric patients' families had their guns stored this way. The victims were just as likely to kill themselves with guns that were locked up or stored separate from ammunition.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1991
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Starting earlier to prevent heart disease
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Two studies published in 2003 show that coronary artery disease may begin in teenagers. Overweight teens who smoked and had high cholesterol levels were more likely to have atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries in the neck, which is considered an early stage of widespread atherosclerosis. Ultrasound imaging of the neck can be used to identify teens who may have the early stages of atherosclerosis and may benefit from lifestyle changes.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2003
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