Citation

Dunn MS, Ilapogu V, Taylor LS, Naney C, Blackwell R, Wilder R, Givens C. J. Sch. Health 2008; 78(11): 587-593.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, American School Health Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00350.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.