Johnson Karen E, McMorris Barbara J, Kubik Martha Y
1School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
J Sch Nurs. 2013 Oct;29(5):343-52. doi: 10.1177/1059840512469409. Epub 2012 Dec 20.
Previous research, over a decade old, suggests students attending alternative high schools (AHS) engage in high levels of health-risk behaviors. Data from the 2007 Minnesota Student Survey for students attending AHS (n = 2,847) and traditional high schools (THS; n = 87,468) were used for this cross-sectional analysis to compare prevalence estimates, adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and free and reduced lunch, for 28 health-risk behaviors. Students attending AHS were significantly more likely than students attending THS to report engaging in all behaviors related to unintentional injury and violence, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, and sexual activity, and were significantly less likely to report participating in physical activity, including sports teams. Students attending AHS continue to engage in high levels of health-risk behaviors as compared to their peers in THS. Updated national prevalence data were needed, as well as studies examining the role of protective factors in the lives of students attending AHS.
十多年前的先前研究表明，就读于非传统高中（Alternative High School，AHS）的学生有大量的健康风险行为。本横断面分析使用了2007年明尼苏达学生调查中就读于AHS（n = 2847）和传统高中（Traditional High School，THS；n = 87468）的学生数据，以比较28种健康风险行为在年龄、种族/民族以及免费和减价午餐等因素调整后的患病率估计值。与就读于THS的学生相比，就读于AHS的学生更有可能报告参与所有与意外伤害和暴力、烟草使用、酒精及其他药物使用以及性活动相关的行为，而报告参加体育活动（包括运动队）的可能性则显著更低。与就读于THS的同龄人相比，就读于AHS的学生继续存在大量健康风险行为。需要更新的全国患病率数据，以及研究保护因素在就读于AHS的学生生活中的作用的研究。
