Health Risk Behaviors of Adolescents Living in a Small Municipality

• Published in: Revista de pesquisa, cuidado é fundamental Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 704 - 710
• Main Authors: Franklin, Thainara Araujo, Cardoso, Luisa Kecyane Batista, Veiga, Luciene Dias Bispo, Nery, Adriana Alves, Casotti, Cezar Augusto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rio de Janeiro Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Age; Alcohol; Health behavior; Health risk assessment; Obesity; Secondary schools; Students; Teenagers; Tobacco; Brazil
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• DOI: 10.9789/2175-5361.2018.v10i3.704-710

Objective: This study aims to identify the prevalence of health risk behaviors in schooling age adolescents that live in a small population municipality of Bahia State over 2012. Methods: It is a cohort epidemiological study, censitary, school-based, and having a sampling comprised by 96 adolescent students enrolled in high school. Results: In high school were enrolled 134 adolescents within the age group from 12 to 19 years old, where 72.4% participated in the study. It was found that among adolescent, the average age was about 16.63 years old (SD ± 1.63), where 57.5% were female, 78.5% were not employed, 71.1% were aged between 15 to 18 years old, 58.2% had self-declared brown as their skin color and 49.5% lived with their parents. It was also found that 60.8% experienced no tobacco consumption, 90.4% consumed some type of alcoholic beverage and 77.7% were classified as physically active. Conclusion: The results have shown the need for further research on risk behaviors among school adolescents.