@article{ref1,
title="Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Youth Risk Behavior Survey 1997-2003",
journal="Maternal and child health journal",
year="2008",
author="Rutman, Shira and Park, Aesoon and Castor, Mei and Taualii, Maile and Forquera, Ralph",
volume="12",
number="1",
pages="76-81",
abstract="Objective To examine the prevalence of health risk-behaviors among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth in urban areas. Methods Data from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for the years 1997-2003 were used for the analyses (Urban sample = 52,364). The YRBS is a self-report questionnaire administered to a sample of 9th-12th grade students intended to monitor health risk-behaviors.&quot;Urban&quot;is defined as areas within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Whites are used as the comparison group for the examination of AI/AN estimates. Results Urban AI/AN youth represented 1% of the urban sample (N = 513). The presence of a number of risk-behaviors were at least threefold higher in AI/AN compared to white youth in urban areas, including suicidal behaviors, feeling unsafe at school and needing medical treatment from a fight. Other factors were over twofold higher among AI/AN, including sexual behaviors, illegal drug use, violence at school, and experiences of rape, assault and pregnancy. Conclusions The higher prevalence of health risk-behaviors in urban AI/AN compared to white youth reflects a need for interventions focused on urban AI/AN youth.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1092-7875",
doi="10.1007/s10995-008-0351-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-008-0351-3"
}