Leão Arley Santos, Moura Soares Nara Michelle, Gonçalves Eliane Cristina de Andrade, Silva Diego Augusto Santos, Silva Roberto Jerônimo Dos Santos, Thomazzi Sara Maria
Federal Institute of Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
Tiradentes University, Aracaju, SE, Brazil.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2017;2017:3587567. doi: 10.1155/2017/3587567. Epub 2017 Jul 26.
The social, cultural, and economic context can be an important variable in the perception and adoption of risk behaviors in adolescents.
The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of simultaneous health risk behaviors and associated socioeconomic factors in adolescents living in the metropolitan region of Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil.
The sample consisted of 2,207 high school students aged 13-18 years. The risk behaviors measured were "low levels of physical activity," "excessive daily TV time," "high consumption of alcoholic beverages on a single occasion," "involvement in fights," "smoking cigarettes," "carrying firearms," and "marijuana consumption." Information was obtained through self-administered questionnaire.
Considering the results, it was observed that female adolescents and those aged up to 16 years were less likely to have two or more health risk behaviors compared to males and those aged 17 years or more, respectively. It was also found that both high- and middle-income level adolescents had higher prevalence of having two or more health risk behaviors.
It was concluded that male adolescents older than 16 years with better socioeconomic level were more exposed to the simultaneous presence of several health risk behaviors.
社会、文化和经济背景可能是青少年对风险行为的认知和采纳中的一个重要变量。
本研究旨在确定巴西塞尔希培州阿拉卡茹市大都市区青少年同时存在的健康风险行为的患病率以及相关的社会经济因素。
样本包括2207名年龄在13 - 18岁的高中生。所测量的风险行为包括“身体活动水平低”“每日看电视时间过长”“单次大量饮酒”“参与打架”“吸烟”“携带枪支”以及“吸食大麻”。通过自填问卷获取信息。
考虑研究结果，发现女性青少年以及16岁及以下的青少年与男性青少年以及17岁及以上的青少年相比，分别不太可能有两种或更多种健康风险行为。还发现高收入和中等收入水平的青少年有两种或更多种健康风险行为的患病率更高。
得出的结论是，社会经济水平较好的16岁以上男性青少年更易同时存在多种健康风险行为。
