A systematic review of effective interventions for reducing multiple health risk behaviors in adolescence

D.R. Hale, N. Fitzgerald-Yau and R.M. Viner

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 5, e19-e41

Abstract: Wesystematically searched 9 biomedical and social science databases (1980-2012) for primary and secondary interventions that prevented or reduced 2 or more adolescent health risk behaviors (tobacco use, alcohol use, illicit drug use, risky sexual behavior, aggressive acts). We identified 44 randomized controlled trials of universal or selective interventions and were effective for multiple health risk behaviors. Most were school based, conducted in the United States, and effectiveformultiple forms of substance use. Effects were small, in line with findings for other universal prevention programs. In some studies, effects for more than 1 health risk behavior only emerged at long-term follow-up.

Keywords: addiction; adolescent; adolescent behavior; adult; aggression; child; demography; family; health behavior; health promotion; high risk behavior; human; Internet; methodology; organization and management; psychological aspect; randomized controlled trial (topic); review; school; sexual behavior; socioeconomics; young adult, Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Adult; Aggression; Child; Family; Health Behavior; Health Promotion; Humans; Internet; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Residence Characteristics; Risk-Taking; Schools; Sexual Behavior; Socioeconomic Factors; Substance-Related Disorders; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301874

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