Health risk behaviors and associated risk and protective factors among Brazilian adolescents in Santos, Brazil.
J Adolesc Health
; 28(4): 295-302, 2001 Apr.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11287247
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of health risk behaviors and identify risk and protective factors that are associated with several health risk behaviors (cigarette smoking, drug use, onset of sexual intercourse before age 15, pregnancy, gun-carrying, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts) among adolescents in Brazil, as well as to explore gender differences. METHODS: We estimated prevalence rates, evaluated bivariate associations, and explored multivariate analyses using logistic regression on data from a 1997 survey of adolescent health among 2059 eighth- and 10(th)-grade students in Santos, Brazil. RESULTS: Youth in Santos, Brazil report high rates of gun-carrying, suicidal thoughts and attempts, sexual intercourse, and pregnancy. Factors associated with diminished involvement for nearly all health risk behaviors, for both boys and girls, included having good family relationships, and feeling liked by friends and teachers. Factors associated with increases in nearly all health risk behaviors were: gun-carrying and gun availability in the home, drug use, and sexual abuse. CONCLUSIONS: Factors that are associated with a wide range of health risk behaviors among adolescents in Brazil appear to parallel those found in industrialized countries: access to guns, substance use, and sexual abuse. Likewise, connectedness to family, school, and peers is consistently the protective factor associated with diminished risky behaviors.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Assunção de Riscos
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Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
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Comportamento do Adolescente
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Adolesc Health
Assunto da revista:
PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos