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:1.73 apathy. The second year of the grant project will focus on getting parents more involved in all academic oriented activities. Many of the parents have a sense of apathy because they truly believe that higher education opportunities are not available to their children, so they do not want to set their expectations too high. The project will address this problem by educating parents of the possibilities of their children succeeding in school and going on to higher education possibilities and/or the improved chances at attaining meaningful employment with a high school diploma. RISK FACTOR: INDICATOR: RISK LEVEL: Alienation and Rebelliousness Suicide Death Rates Low The county coroner's office does not break down suicide death statistics by city. The countywide average for all ages is very close to the national figure, l 1.6 versus 12.2 per 100,000 population (graph//36). INDIVIDUAL/PEER Friends Who Engage in the Problem Behavior Almost all of the recommended indicators for this risk factor requires surveying students on the drug use of their friends. Acquiring permission and subsequently administering a survey of youths in our school district will require more time than allowed for completing this grant application. The plan to include a student survey in the first year strategy to collect data for this risk factor as well as for Favorable Attitudes Toward the Problem Behavior and Early Initiation of the Problem Behavior has been postponed to the second year due to the late start of the first year project and other priorities that arose during the first year. Constitutional Factors: LOW Constitutional or physical factors that have been linked to problem adolescent behavior include fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and head trauma. Other indicators that can lead to health problems which could have an effect on a child's success in school include low birthweight and lack of proper immunization against childhood diseases. According to the county public health department, in 1993 in Orange County 31 babies were born with drug withdrawal symptoms and three were born with FAS. However, the health officer stated that this number was an undercount because these conditions are tracked via information provided by the hospital on the birth certificate application, and in her opinion, the condition was often not discovered until after the birth report was completed. The national immunization goal is that by 1996, at least 90% of 2-year-olds will be