Increased Materialistic Trends among Youth

Trends in primary and secondary abstinence among Kenyan youth.

We used data from Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys in 1993, 1998, and 2003 to examine 10-year trends in primary and secondary abstinence among never-married youth aged 15-24 and to explore the role of HIV prevention knowledge, schooling, and contextual factors in affecting their abstinence behaviors. Our analysis shows that both primary and secondary abstinence levels have risen in the past...

Trends in smoking among polish and norwegian youth 1986-2014

Introduction: Norway was the first country to establish a comprehensive tobacco programme. The programme has included action and interventions targeting adolescents. Poland was one of the first among the former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe to establish comprehensive smoking control. From year 2000 collaboration with Norway on smoking control targeting adolescents was establ...

Development of materialistic values among children and adolescents

Has Marijuana Legalization Increased Marijuana Use Among US Youth?

Since 2012, citizens in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washingtonhave voted to legalize the recreational use ofmarijuana by adults. Advocates of legalization have argued that prohibition wastes scarce law enforcement resourcesbyselectivelyarrestingminorityusers of a drug that has fewer adverse health effects than alcohol.1,2 It would be better, theyargue, to legalize, regulate,andtaxmarijuana, l...

Youth suicide trends in Finland, 1969-2008.

BACKGROUND There are only a few recent studies on secular trends in child and adolescent suicides. We examine here trends in rates and methods of suicide among young people in Finland, where suicide rates at these ages are among the highest in the world. METHODS The data, obtained from Statistics Finland, consisted of all suicides (n = 901) committed by persons under 18 years of age over the ...