Gwede C K, McDermott R J, Westhoff W W, Mushore M, Mushore T, Chitsika E, Majange C S, Chauke P
Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2001 Oct;28(5):608-23. doi: 10.1177/109019810102800507.
A socioculturally appropriate health risk behavior instrument, modeled after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), was administered to 717 secondary school students in a rural area of Zimbabwe. Comparisons of risk behaviors by gender and school grade were made using univariate procedures and multiple logistic regression. Males were significantly more likely than females to have had sexual intercourse (odds ratio = 5.02, p < .0001) and to report drug use behaviors. Males also were significantly more likely to report early initiation (by age 13 years) of alcohol use, cigarette smoking, and marijuana use. School site violence and drug use behaviors also were prevalent in this sample. An interaction between gender and grade was evident for some behaviors. Additional research may further the understanding of these risk behaviors and facilitate development of effective, culturally relevant risk reduction programs.
以美国疾病控制与预防中心的青少年风险行为调查（YRBS）为蓝本，编制了一份具有社会文化适应性的健康风险行为调查问卷，并对津巴布韦农村地区的717名中学生进行了调查。采用单变量分析方法和多元逻辑回归对不同性别和年级的风险行为进行了比较。男性发生性行为（优势比=5.02，p<.0001）和报告吸毒行为的可能性显著高于女性。男性报告在13岁之前开始饮酒、吸烟和使用大麻的可能性也显著更高。校园暴力和吸毒行为在该样本中也很普遍。某些行为存在性别与年级之间的交互作用。进一步的研究可能会加深对这些风险行为的理解，并有助于制定有效且符合文化背景的风险降低计划。
