An overview of reported youth violence in Puerto Rico
P. R. health sci. j
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22(1): 61-67, Mar. 2003.
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em Inglês
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RESUMO
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this paper is to describe the prevalence of school and youth violence in Puerto Rico based on several representative samples surveyed in the Island during the 1990's.BACKGROUND:
Reviewing the available data on youth violence is necessary in order to decide the best strategies to follow in developing new ways to prevent and monitor it.METHODS:
Three surveys were reviewed in this paper The Youth Risk Behavior Survey conducted by the Center for Disease Control (1991, 1995, 1997); The Methods for the Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders Study (1991); and the Youth Survey (1997-98).RESULTS:
It was found that the prevalence of reported school violence in Puerto Rico tends to be somewhat lower than the prevalence reported in other sites of the U.S.A. Age and gender has a dramatic influence in the reports of youth violence in Puerto Rico. Male students are three times as likely to carry weapons than females and almost twice as likely to report hurting someone than females. Less than 10 per cent of the male students ages 12-13 report carrying a weapon while fully 30 per cent of those 18 year olds reported carrying a weapon. Being arrested also increases from only 3 per cent in the youngest students surveyed to 10 per cent on the oldest group (18 or older).CONCLUSION:
The CDC has recently reported that since the early 90's there has been a decrease in reported school violence in the U.S.A. This analysis of youth surveys replicated a similar tendency for Puerto Rican youngsters. Implications for prevention programs are discussed.
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Instituições Acadêmicas
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Violência
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Comportamento do Adolescente
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adolescente
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Norte
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Caribe
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Porto Rico
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
P. R. health sci. j
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Porto Rico
Instituição/País de afiliação:
University of Puerto Rico/PR
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