Adolescent Health in the Caribbean: A Regional Portrait

This study assessed youth health in the Caribbean Community and Common Market countries and describes the prevalence of health-related factors. We used a self-administered classroom questionnaire; questions addressed general health, health care, nutrition, sexual history, drug use, mental health, vi...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2003-11, Vol.93 (11), p.1851-1857
Main Authors: Halcon, Linda, Blum, Robert W, Beuhring, Trish, Pate, Ernest, Campbell-Forrester, Sheila, Venema, Anneke
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Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescent Health
Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Age
Biological and medical sciences
Caribbean countries
Caribbean Region - epidemiology
Child
Child Welfare - statistics & numerical data
Childrens health
Classrooms
Common markets
Community
Confidentiality
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Data entry
Drug use
Families & family life
Female
Health
Health Behavior
Health care
Health Status
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Males
Maternal & child health
Medical sciences
Mental health
Mental Health - statistics & numerical data
Nutrition
Polls & surveys
Population
Prevention and actions
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Self Concept
Sexuality
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Students
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Trends
Violence
Violence - statistics & numerical data
Young people
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Adolescent Health
Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
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Caribbean Region - epidemiology
Child
Child Welfare - statistics & numerical data
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Classrooms
Common markets
Community
Confidentiality
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Data entry
Drug use
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Female
Health
Health Behavior
Health care
Health Status
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Males
Maternal & child health
Medical sciences
Mental health
Mental Health - statistics & numerical data
Nutrition
Polls & surveys
Population
Prevention and actions
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Self Concept
Sexuality
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Students
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Trends
Violence
Violence - statistics & numerical data
Young people
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