title: Risk and protective factors among high school students on the US/Mexico border.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study risk and protective factors for alcohol-related problems among high schools students in El Paso, Tex.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1366 high school students from 16 different high schools in El Paso, Tex, participated in an anonymous questionnaire regarding alcohol use and alcohol-related behaviors. The sample was 70% Hispanic.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results showed that academic performance, peer influence, parental attitudes, and age at first consumption of alcohol were important predictors of drinking among border youth.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Risk factors contribute to alcohol use among high school students.
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Health Science Program, University of Texas at El Paso, 1101 N. Campbell, El Paso, TX 79902, USA. adrianagr@utep.edu
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Almodovar
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomaka
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McKinnon
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology