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Marjorie Ireland
Researcher at University of Minnesota
Publications - 66
Citations - 10881
Marjorie Ireland is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Adolescent health & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 66 publications receiving 10366 citations.
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Protecting adolescents from harm: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health.
Michael D. Resnick,Peter Shawn Bearman,Robert Wm. Blum,Karl E. Bauman,Kathleen Mullan Harris,Jo Ann Jones,Joyce W. Tabor,Trisha Beuhring,Renee E. Sieving,Marcia L. Shew,Marjorie Ireland,Linda H. Bearinger,J. Richard Udry +12 more
TL;DR: Family and school contexts as well as individual characteristics are associated with health and risky behaviors in adolescents, and the results should assist health and social service providers, educators, and others in taking the first steps to diminish risk factors and enhance protective factors for young people.
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Adolescent Suicide Attempts: Risks and Protectors
TL;DR: In these national samples of black, Hispanic, and white youth, unique and cross-cutting factors derived from a resiliency framework predicted or protected against attempting suicide.
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Prevalence and risk and protective factors related to disordered eating behaviors among adolescents: relationship to gender and ethnicity
TL;DR: Health professionals working with youth need to be aware of the high prevalence of these subclinical disordered eating behaviors, ask appropriate screening questions, and provide resources and referral, if necessary, for youth reporting these behaviors.
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Youth violence perpetration: what protects? What predicts? Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.
TL;DR: Findings support the utility of a dual strategy of reducing risk factors while enhancing protective factors in the lives of adolescents.
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Influences on adolescents’ decision to postpone onset of sexual intercourse: a survival analysis of virginity among youths aged 13 to 18 years
TL;DR: While many protective factors are not subject to intervention, the present analyses indicate that teen pregnancy prevention may be enhanced by addressing family and educational factors.