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Frank C. Parker, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Depts. of Medicine and Psychiatry, Janet B. Croft, MPH, Research Associate, Dept. of Medicine, Larry S. Webber, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Biometry, Depts. of Medicine and Biometry, Saundra MacD. Hunter, PhD, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Depts. of Family Medicine and Medicine, and Gerald S. Berenson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, National Research and Demonstration Center-Arteriosclerosis, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1542 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112–2822; and Josie D. Supik, MS, Research Associate, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX.
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Factors Associated with Adolescent Participation in a Cardiovascular Risk Factor Assessment Program
Article first published online: 9 OCT 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1986.tb05677.x
1986 American School Health Association
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Parker, F. C., Croft, J. B., Supik, J. D., Webber, L. S., Hunter, S. M. and Berenson, G. S. (1986), Factors Associated with Adolescent Participation in a Cardiovascular Risk Factor Assessment Program. Journal of School Health, 56: 23–28. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1986.tb05677.x
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- Issue published online: 9 OCT 2009
- Article first published online: 9 OCT 2009
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ABSTRACT: A Student Attitude Survey was administered to high school seniors to determine attitudinal and behavioral factors associated with participation in a longitudinal cardiovascular risk factor screening program. Health beliefs, altitudes, and practices were assessed as were altruism, social skills, self-concept, conformity, and academic class standing. Male participants showed higher self-concept scores than non participants. Black participants were younger than black nonparticipants and black participants also showed greater perceived control over their health and more optimistic appraisals of the worth of medical research and practice. White male participants tended to be more likely to reamin home from school or to see a doctor when ill. These obervations suggest that attitudinal and behavioral factors related to participation in a health-related program can be assessed in childhood.