Article History
Received: 16 August 2017
Accepted: 3 April 2018
First Online: 18 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol for the national YRBS was approved by the CDC’s Institutional Review Board. Student participation in the YRBS was voluntary, and parental permission was obtained according to local procedure prior to administering the anonymous and self-administered survey. Notice was sent home to parents and either active written consent or passive consent was obtained based on local procedure. Data used for the study was publicly available on the CDC’s website.
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