background this quantitative explanatory study was designed to explain the relationship between hiv/aids risk-taking behaviors among african american women and their knowledge surrounding hiv/aids. more specifically, the research considers whether knowledge alone was sufficient to alter african-american women’s risk-taking behaviors regarding hiv/aids. objectives this study was designed to inve...

background: the risk of cardiovascular diseases (cvds) increases with age. the objective was to determine whether lifestyle and dietary behaviors and anthropometric measures, which are affected by these behaviors, contribute to the increase of cvd risk factors across age categories of 20–50‑year‑old. methods: in a cross‑sectional design, 437 adults aged 20–50‑year‑old were selected from househo...

OBJECTIVE An intervention based on induced hypocrisy was conducted to reduce children's intentions to show fall-risk behaviors on playground equipment. METHODS To induce hypocrisy participants (7-12 years) advocated for safe-play behaviors while being made mindful about past failures to play safely on playgrounds. To measure the impact of the intervention, children created posters indicating ...

Objectives: The aim of this descriptive and cross-sectional study is to identify the risk behaviors adolescents attending high schools in Şanlıurfa. Methods: population was 44217 students minimum sample size according known sampling formula calculated as approximately 1000 participants. Within scope stratified method, number going each district determined. A school chosen from using simple rand...

This article aimed to present a theoretical approach the risk factors associated with suicidal behavior in adolescents by searching for articles Google Scholar, Scipedia, Pediatría Integral, Dialnet, and Scielo databases. Searches were filtered date, considering publications from last five years, both English Spanish, keywords such as adolescents, factors, behavior, ideation, suicide attempt. A...