TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Self‐Reported Substance Use and Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents in a Rural State JO - Journal of school health A1 - Dunn, Michael S. A1 - Ilapogu, Varaprasad A1 - Taylor, LaShan A1 - Naney, C. A1 - Blackwell, Roger A1 - Wilder, Regina A1 - Givens, C. SP - 587 EP - 593 VL - 78 IS - 11 N2 - Background: Research finds a strong association between substance use and risky sexual behavior but more needs to be known about this relationship. Few studies have examined this relationship among rural sixth- to eighth-grade students. As such, the purposes of this study were to provide a descriptive profile of rural sixth- to eighth-grade students’ substance use behavior and sexual activity and to examine the relationship between substance use behaviors and sexual activity.
LA - SN - 0022-4391 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00350.x ID - ref1 ER -