The IDUs who gave a history of sex-related
high-risk behavior, nearly 18% had paid sex while 12% had multiple partners.
Psychiatrists often are comfortable discussing patients' sexual and substance use history, which allows them to uncover and effectively address
high-risk behaviors with appropriate testing and counseling.
That form, the Commander's Report of Disciplinary or Administrative Action, helps the Army keep track of a Soldier's
high-risk behavior throughout his career, ensuring commanders at a new unit have visibility of a Soldier's past behavior.
Neurological dysfunction associated with
high-risk behaviors has received little scrutiny in female prison inmate populations.
Develops programs and curricula to promote adolescent health and prevent
high-risk behavior; resources available for educators, parents and teens.
While the health status of adolescents differs according to age, sex, race, and ethnic origin, there is ample documentation suggesting that adolescents, regardless of background, engage in
high-risk behavior.
Longitudinal effect of intimate partner abuse on
high-risk behavior among adolescents.
This
high-risk behavior plays a large and significant role in teenage pregnancy.
Indiana holds the dubious distinction of simultaneously ranking in the top 15 in several categories of chronic disease and
high-risk behavior and in the bottom 15 in identification and prevention activities for a number of health problems.
Prison officials are vowing to clamp down on sexual assaults, estimated at 175 in the past year, and to consider new prison policies that might discourage
high-risk behavior among inmates.
Cargill Scholars is a comprehensive, five-year program that aims to improve students' scholastic performance by raising academic expectations, preventing
high-risk behavior, and improving life skills.
* In the U.S., about half of the 40,000 new infections this year are of African-Americans (who make up 12% of the population)--often women who avoid
high-risk behavior themselves but get HIV from men who are secretly having risky sex or sharing needles--just one of many illustrations of how stigma and discrimination make AIDS control more difficult.