PURPOSE To determine how the association between cigarette smoking and other risky behaviors, such as substance use, violence, and risky sexual practices, has changed between 1991 and 2003. METHODS Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) from 1991 to 2003 were analyzed. For each cohort, logistic regression models controlling for gender, race/ethnicity, and school grade were used to describe the as...

BACKGROUND The incidence of STI is high and increasing in Bhutan. Poor understanding of risky sexual behavior could be a cause. Comprehensive community surveys have not been previously done. This study was conducted to assess local knowledge on STIs and sexual risk behaviour in two rural districts of Bhutan: Gasa and Zhemgang. METHODS The study population included residents aged 15-49 years i...

Subjective expectations are likely to be an important determinant of health-related behaviors in a high-HIVprevalence environment. We use probabilistic expectations data elicited from survey respondents in rural Malawi to investigate how risky sexual behavior may be influenced by individuals’ survival expectations, which in turn depend on the perceived impact of HIV/AIDS on survival; expectatio...

Risky behaviors (e.g., binge drinking, drunk driving, risky sex) are increasing among U.S. college students, and the personality trait of sensation seeking provides a potential link between such norm-breaking behaviors and biological processes. We examined the relationship between sensation-seeking behaviors and two hormones, testosterone and cortisol, in male and female college students. Hormo...

The driving license sanctions young drivers for their learning of driving procedures but does not address how to contextualize them in effective practices. Our work aims to provide drivers with a support for improving their situation awareness and to help drivers to minimize their risky behaviors by simulation of other people's errors. The simulator is designed in three steps, namely, the makin...

The aim of this study was to investigate the variables influencing risky sexual behaviors heterosexual male Turkish university students. sample consisted 382 students studying at Ankara University and METU. As measurement instruments demographic questionnaire, sensation seeking scale, risk-taking religious attitude HIV knowledge self-efficacy scale for AIDS prevention Bem sex-role inventory wer...

<p><strong><em>Background:</em></strong><em> Teenagers who live on the streets are groups in a society prone to sexual violence and reproductive health risks. Sexually active street teenagers often engage activity any place, change partners, do not use contraceptives prevent pregnancy risk of sexually transmitted diseases. </em></p><p><st...