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James G. Ross
Researcher at Silver Spring Networks
Publications - 48
Citations - 12301
James G. Ross is an academic researcher from Silver Spring Networks. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Injury prevention. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 48 publications receiving 12083 citations.
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance-United States, 1993
Laura Kann,Charles W. Warren,William A. Harris,Janet L. Collins,Kathy A. Douglas,Mary Elizabeth Collins,Barbara I. Williams,James G. Ross,Lloyd J. Kolbe +8 more
TL;DR: The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) as discussed by the authors monitors six categories of priority health risk behaviors among youth and youth adults: behaviors that contribute to unintentional and intentional injuries, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, sexual behaviors, dietary behaviors, and physical activity.
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance--United States, 2005.
Danice K. Eaton,Laura Kann,Steve Kinchen,James G. Ross,Joseph Hawkins,William A. Harris,Richard Lowry,Tim McManus,David Chyen,Shari L. Shanklin,Connie Lim,Jo Anne Grunbaum,Howell Wechsler +12 more
TL;DR: Substantial morbidity and social problems among youth also result from unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus infection.
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Youth risk behavior surveillance--United States, 2003.
Jo Anne Grunbaum,Laura Kann,Steve Kinchen,James G. Ross,Joseph Hawkins,Richard Lowry,William A. Harris,Tim McManus,David Chyen,Janet L. Collins +9 more
TL;DR: Results from the 2003 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey demonstrate that the majority of risk behaviors associated with these two causes of death are initiated during adolescence, and education and health officials at national, state, and local levels are using these data to improve policies and programs to reduce priority health-risk behaviors among youth.
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Reliability of the 1999 youth risk behavior survey questionnaire.
Nancy D. Brener,Laura Kann,Tim McManus,Steven A. Kinchen,Elizabeth C. Sundberg,James G. Ross +5 more
TL;DR: Overall, students appeared to report health risk behaviors reliably over time, but several items need to be examined further to determine whether they should be revised or deleted in future versions of the YRBS.
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Methodology of the youth risk behavior surveillance system.
Nancy D. Brener,Laura Kann,Steven A. Kinchen,Jo Anne Grunbaum,Laura Whalen,Danice K. Eaton,Joseph Hawkins,James G. Ross +7 more
TL;DR: The background and rationale for YRBSS is described and a detailed description of the methodologic features of the system is included, including its questionnaire; operational procedures; sampling, weighting, and response rates; data-collection protocols'; data-processing procedures; reports and publications; and data quality.