TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Prevalence of health-risk behaviors among teen girls in Southeastern Iran
JO  - Electronic physician
A1  - Shahraki-Sanavi, Fariba
A1  - Rakhshani, Fatemeh
A1  - Ansari-Moghaddam, Alireza
A1  - Mohammadi, Mahdi
A1  - Feizabad, Abdurrashid Khazaei
SP  - 6988
EP  - 6996
VL  - 10
IS  - 6
N2  - BACKGROUND: Investigating female adolescents' health status is essential because of their two-fold role within the health of the community and the impending generations' health. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of health-risk behaviors among teen girls in Southeastern Iran. <br><br>METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of 457 tenth grade female adolescents in four public high schools in Zahedan in Southeastern Iran, in 2015. First, high schools were randomly selected; then, all students in Grade 10 were enrolled in the study through a census. Data were collected using a self-reported questionnaire of the health-risk behaviors with the content validity ratio (CVR) of 0.80, the content validity index (CVI) of 0.88 and Cronbach's α score of 0.71. The Results were analyzed using ANOVA test with SPSS-15. <br><br>RESULTS: The highest prevalence rate of health-risk behaviors of students included: failing to drink natural fruit juice (53.1%), failing to wear a seat belt (43.0%), sitting in a car while the driver is sending message or emails (43.0%), failing to drink milk daily (36.0%), lack of minimum daily physical activity 37.0%, and watching TV more than 3 hours a day (35.0%). On average, the number of health-risk behaviors among under study students was 1.47. Additionally, the ANOVA showed a statistically significant difference in the average number of health-risk behaviors of adolescents in families with high economic status, those who never talked with their parents or those who had physical relations with the opposite sex (p<0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSION: It is suggested that attention be paid to emphasizing the pattern of healthy eating, increasing physical activity, and reducing unsafe behaviors in adolescents; moreover, behavioral consultation should be given regarding relationships with the opposite sex. Furthermore, more attention must be paid to the familiar behavior patterns and the relationships in school health programs.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2008-5842
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/6988
ID  - ref1
ER  -