Drug and alcohol use, sexual intimacy and associated health status of senior high school students : Implications for learning and schooling

To better recognize key maturational processes that drive adolescent socio-sexual activity and to explore the context in which this occurs. Since schools are one place where health choices should be debated in a supportive learning and teaching environment, the present study focuses on lifestyle choices and attitudes to health of Australian adolescents and identifies characteristics which link drug and alcohol use, health and resilience, sexual intimacy and/or sexual experience