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M Males

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PubMed1996

AIDS and ethnicity.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1996

The ages of fathers in California adolescent births, 1993.

Officals, media coverage and prevention programs have assumed that fathers of infants born to US school-age (10-18 years old) mothers are school-age peers. This study analyzes fathers' ages in 46 500 California births to school-age mothers in 1993, for which 85% of the fathers' ages were stated and whose distribution is similar to that of less complete national samples. Adult, postschool men father two thirds of the infants born to school-age mothers and average 4.2 years older than the senior-high mothers and 6.7 years older than the junior-high mothers. The extensive involvement of adult males in both school-age motherhood and its precursors represents a significant, undiscussed factor deserving greater attention.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1994

California's suicide decline, 1970-1990.

From 1970 to 1990 California experienced a 32% decline in suicide, which was particularly pronounced among women, non-whites, the young, and urban dwellers. Suicide declines of over 50% were recorded in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and large decreases occurred in other coastal counties. Additionally, California was the only one of 51 states to show a consistent decline in teenage and young-adult suicide (accompanied by an 88% decrease in teenage drug and other poisoning deaths). Initial investigation of death certification, accident and homicide trends, economic measures, and prevention efforts did not produce an explanation for a suicide decrease of California's magnitude. However, the state does display anomalous trends in certain social measures (reduced divorce, rising non-White population, and rising homicide) that point to multifactorial hypotheses including demographic changes and changed attitudes toward violence. Review of the accuracy of past suicide certification procedures nationally is also indicated.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

Use of a school referendum to deter teen-age tobacco use.

Montana's 1991 school "tobacco referendum," authorized by the state legislature and approved by about 60% of approximately 50,000 students voting in grades 7-12, represents an innovative attempt to include youth in decisions regarding tobacco and health and to decisively demonstrate peer disapproval of tobacco use. The referendum asked students whether tobacco sellers should voluntarily refuse to sell cigarettes and tobacco to persons younger than age 18. Montana is one of five states which allow tobacco sales to minors but has one of the nation's lowest youth smoking rates. The statewide referendum follows the successful example of the Bozeman, Montana, school district's 1990 tobacco referendum, in which 80% of the 2,200 grade 7-12 students and staff voted to make their schools "tobacco-free."

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

The Code Blue report: call to action, or unwarranted "dirism"?

The Code Blue report, recently issued by a distinguished panel formed by national medical and educational associations, paints a dire picture of the state of adolescent health and recommends far-reaching measures to reverse "dangerous trends." However, analysis of the report's findings reveals serious flaws in its presentation of nearly every youth problem cited, and its recommendations are much less original and workable than portrayed. A more moderate and positive approach toward youth problems is suggested.

Accidents, Traffic↗
PubMed1991

Teen suicide and changing cause-of-death certification, 1953-1987.

This study examines whether the purported tripling in teenage suicides since the 1950s represents a real increase or is simply an artifact of the increased skill of medical examiners in distinguishing youth suicides from fatal accidents. This study examines firearms and poisoning deaths, which together account for 75% of all certified youth suicides, from 1953 through 1987, and concludes: (a) a past undercount of youth suicides is likely, (b) the increase in youth suicide that has occurred is less dramatic than reported and resembles increases in adult suicide, and (c) the suicide increase indicated among youths and adults occurred from 1964 to 1971 and has since stabilized.

Accidents↗