This study focuses on a vulnerable group of pupils often missed by mainstream school
surveys. It explores alcohol use and alcohol-related problems for a sample of truants of …

Background The literature shows how gender mandates contribute to differences in
exposure and vulnerability to certain health risk factors. This paper presents the results of a …

Public debate on the consumption of alcohol by adolescents has grown over recent years. It
has intensified in Spain after epidemiological reports of a significant increase in alcohol …

Although young people in their everyday lives consume a bewildering array of
pharmaceutical, dietary and cosmetic products to self-manage their bodies, moods and …

In the present study, I investigate how often unacknowledged gendered norms shape young
women's use of and access to illicit cannabis. I apply a “doing gender” approach to analyse …

Background Many, although not all, juvenile detainees are known to be sexual risk-takers
but little attention has been paid to why they engage in early sexual intercourse, have more …

Harm reduction programs emerged out of the need for pragmatic strategies to minimize the
risk of HIV transmission among people who inject drugs and evidence of successful needle …

The growing phenomenon of youth drug use is of great concern to health authorities and
policy-makers in Asia. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2010, 2012) w arns of …

The purpose of the research was to explore the characteristics of the risky sexual behavior of
young people in nightlife settings in Slovenia. We used an online questionnaire to collect …