Assessment of Health Risky Behaviors for Adolescent students at Secondary School in Holly Karbala City

Abstract

Background: The most common problems among adolescents relate to growth and development, school, childhood illnesses that continue into adolescence, mental health disorders, and the consequences of risky or illegal behaviors, including injury, legal consequences, pregnancy, infectious diseases, and substance use disorders. Unintentional injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes and injuries resulting from interpersonal violence are leading causes of death and disability among adolescents (Levy, 2019). Various forms of community disorder are associated with health outcomes but little is known about how dynamic context where an adolescent spends time relates to her health-related behaviors (Wiehe, Kwan, Wilson, Forte berry, 2013). Objective: To assess the adolescents students' health risk behaviors. To identify the relationship between adolescent's students' health risk behavior and their demographic characteristics Grade, Gender, school stage, socioeconomic status at secondary school in holly Karbala city.