Earlier age of sex and substance use initiation is associated with unique hormone profiles during social evaluative threat in Mexican American adolescents - Johnson M, Shirtcliff EA, van Dammen L, Dahl RE, Gonzales N, Harley KG, Rauch S, Greenspan LC, Eskenazi B, Deardorff J.

Latinx adolescents are at a disproportional risk for poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes (STIs, adolescent pregnancy) compared to other ethnic groups. They also report high rates of alcohol and drug use that are similar to non-Hispanic White youth...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news