Adolescent students’ high-risk behaviors

Considering the particular characteristics of adolescence and problematic behaviors associated with this period, a serious health-threatening issue is the prevalence of adolescents’ highrisk behaviors which have been considered as one of the most important community problems. This study was conducted with the aim to determine frequency of high school adolescents’ highrisk behaviors.This is a descriptive study conducted on 510 public high school students using multi-stage random sampling method. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and a researcher-made questionnaire of “high school adolescents’ highrisk behaviors”. Descriptive statistics were used to describe data, and t-test to analyze them. Study results showed that 19.4% of adolescents always drove dangerously, 18.8% always had aggressive behaviors, 19.4% often used drugs, 17.1% always drank alcohol, and 15.1% always had high-risk sexual behaviors, 12.5% always had suicidal ideations and 14.7% always had improper nutrition. In this study, significantly high-risk behaviors were observed among adolescents, especially: high-risk driving, aggressive behaviors, and alcohol use. Considering the importance of adolescents’ highrisk behaviors in the community and their consequences, the results can provide guidelines for planning high-risk behavior prevention programs by community nurses, community health and education policy-makers, and schools’ health department, so they Secondary pay greater attention to the issue.