Parental Monitoring and Risk Behaviors and Experiences Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021.

Parents have an important role in the promotion of healthy adolescent behaviors that can influence positive developmental trajectories and health outcomes. Parental monitoring is a central component of the parent-child relationship with the potential to reduce adolescent risk behaviors. Data from CDC's 2021 nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Survey were used to describe the prevalence of parental monitoring reported by U.

Racial-ethnic disparities in adolescent sexual behaviours: the cross-sectional Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2009–19.

Background: There are notable disparities by race/ethnicity in the sexual health of US adolescents and young adults. Our objective was to examine change over time in racial-ethnic disparities in sexual behaviours among US high school students.

Methods: Data were analysed from six biennial cycles of the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2009-19), conducted among cross-sectional, nationally representative samples of 9th-12th grade students.

School-Level Poverty and Rurality Associated With Differences in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among U.S. Public High School Students.

Purpose: This study examined associations between student sexual behaviors and both school-level socioeconomic status and metropolitan status.

Methods: National Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2017 (N = 14,765, response rate = 60%) and 2019 (N = 13,677, 60%) were combined. School-level socioeconomic status (low-, mid-, and high-poverty based on the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals) and metropolitan status (urban, suburban/town, or rural) were identified for students attending public high schools.