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Trajectories of adolescent substance use, sexual risk taking and depressive symptoms using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
Learning Areas:
Social and behavioral sciencesLearning Objectives:
Describe patterns of adolescent substance use, sexual risk taking, and depression from adolescence into young adulthood and how they are associated with each other
Differentiate how these patterns and associations differ by gender
Keyword(s): Adolescents, Sexual Risk Behavior
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am in the Doctoral program in Maternal and Child Health and so am receiving training in the science of adolescent risk taking. Also, as a predoctoral trainee at the Carolina Population Center, I am receiving training in advanced analytic methods including longitudinal multilevel models as well as Add Health data analysis. Drs. Herring and Halpern are senior faculty in the School of Public Health and are experienced in this area.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.