Browsing by Author "Sierra, Ricardo"
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Mothers Are Right : Eat Your Vegetables And Keep Away From The Girls (Boys): Bullying Victimization Profile in the Caribbean
Ruprah, Inder J.; Sierra, Ricardo (BID, 2014-08)About 29 percent of teenagers are bullied at school in the Caribbean. Victims of bullying are more lonely, sleep less, and have fewer friends than do their nonbullied peers. Although victims of bullying eat more frequently ... -
Sex, Violence, and Drugs Among Latin American and Caribbean Adolescents : Do Engaged Parents Make a Difference?
Ruprah, Inder J.; Sierra, Ricardo; Sutton, Heather (BID, 2016-04)This paper uses data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey to investigate the prevalence of health risk behaviors—in particular, substance use, risky sexual behavior, and violence—among adolescents in 15 Latin ...