TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Male youth street culture: understanding the context of health-related behaviours
JO  - Health education research
A1  - Pavis, S.
A1  - Cunningham-Burley, S.
SP  - 583
EP  - 596
VL  - 14
IS  - 5
N2  - In the UK growing concerns have been expressed about young people, and particularly young men, who spend large amounts of their leisure time on the streets. Problems such as vandalism, under-age drinking and drug use have all been heavily reported in local and national media. This paper reports on ethnographic (primarily participant observation-based) research which sought to explore the motivations, meanings and behaviours of young people hanging around on the streets during the evening in a Scottish town. The aim is to move beyond previous research which has largely focused on the 'risk' factors associated with health-relevant behaviours, and to provide an understanding of the roles of alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco within the young people's street culture. The paper therefore provides contextualized accounts of health-relevant behaviours. In conclusion it is argued that, to be effective, health promotion programmes need to locate lifestyle risk behaviours within broader life circumstances and that without a reduction in 'risk conditions' it is unlikely that youth street culture will disappear or that 'risk behaviours' will reduce.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0268-1153
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -