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AIDS, HIV, Behaviors and Attitudes of Young People I

them at risk. In one study of urban young adults ages 18-24, an average of 30% participated in risky behaviors at some time in th...

Young People and the Impact of Substance Abuse

had fewer suicidal thoughts than those who used drugs and engaged in sex (2004). Those who used marijuana, and perhaps other illeg...

Cigarette Addiction and Young People

More precisely, in looking at cigarette addiction in young people, what are its causes? The causes of addiction are rather physio...

Senior Citizens, Young People, and Suicide

to 14. Considering only adolescents 15 to 19, the suicide rate is "was 8.2 deaths per 100,000 teenagers, including five times as ...

Work Based Occupational Skills Training for Young People and Government Involvement

In eight pages this paper focuses on the UK in a consideration of how the government can generate policies that will encourage tra...

Young People Suffering from Seizures and Construction of Identity

particular illness. An excellent example is gay men with AIDS. Due to their own perception of what AIDS involves, many gay men c...

Young People and Increasing Use of Drugs

drug use and the criminal and deviant behavior to which it all too often leads. In effect, drug use is a deviant behavior and one...

Young People and 2 Change Strategies

a good leader. In the case of youth populations, leaders can exist as members of a youth group, educators, or social workers, all...

Connection Between Social Participation, Concept of Self, and Young People

unprotected sex, drugs, theft, driving too fast, and thrill seeking. According to Lynn Ponton, author of The Romance of Risk: Why ...

Negative Effects of Media on Young People

and for acceptance in social group" (Deveny and Kelley). II. By the age of 18, most American children have witnessed 16,000 simul...

The Effects of Video Games on Young People

useful training for real life situations (Clapperton, 2007). Another study found that doctors who played video games were genera...

The Effect of TV Violence on Young People

62 percent of the time" (Tepperman, 1997). Perhaps the worst message of all is that "violence is pleasurable. Clint Eastwood, in D...

Deterring Young People from Committing Crime

This 3 page paper gives an overview of general deterrence theory and how is it not useful in preventing young drug users from comm...

Young People and Community Service

takes a village to raise a child. Similarly, it can be said that it takes a village, that is, a community, to provide young people...

Do Celebrities Have Ethical Responsibilities to Set Good Examples for Young People?

hard work, and unwavering dedication to achieving her goals while never forgetting the importance of setting a positive example. ...

Why People Should Join the Military

without health insurance coverage and those who do have health insurance "pay increasingly higher prices" to retain coverage (Fior...

Finkelstein: "With No Direction Home"

book. She also will add to the increasing number of works "on the subjects of sub-cultural theory and homelessness" (Abstracts). F...

In Favor of Abortion

at the moment of birth, then there is no ethical dilemma with abortion. The ethics of the matter come down to a definition, which...

Mental Retardation & Psychopathology

mental illness. One area of practice where this factor in Christian psychiatric practice may prove effective is in regards to the...

Los Angeles Air Pollution and Healthy People 2010

2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...

Alexie: “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”

an infant and was given little chance of survival. And heres what Junior says of himself: "I was born with water on the brain. OK,...

Why Maximus in Catland is a Good Book for Adults

Overall, I would have to say that this is a very good story and can be read by young adults and adults both." This reviewer does a...

Lacking Conviction in Sexual Intimacy in "Sex without Love" by Sharon Olds and "Lust" by Susan Minot

She is dismissive about feeling hurt or jealous that she was little more than another notch on Tims belt. For this young girl, se...

Society, Young Adults, and Computer Technology

is either because they cannot afford computer technology. In other cases, however, it might be explained as being due to the fact ...

Don't Bother Me, Mom, I'm Learning by Marc Prensky

unknown 20 years ago (Exclusive interview, 2001). The world has changed dramatically, but education has not kept up with it; in fa...

Don't Bother Me, Mom, I'm Learning by Marc Prensky

medical procedures, work in a lab-in short, the skills developed by the games translate directly into the "real world" (Prensky, 2...

Citizenship Educational Curriculum

religious affiliations. It encompasses passing laws to protect the community, state and country, while ensuring that the rights o...

Children And Adolescents in the Group Home Environment

to treat our children who suffer from mental, psychological, emotional illnesses and behavior and conduct disorders. But, as of ye...

Advertising Targeting Children

Based on the census, that means that companies spent $2,190 per household in the United States (The Center for a New American Drea...