Your Risk Behavior Surveillance -the United States, 2015
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The article seeks to elaborate on the health risks that face humans hence, exposing them to the danger of mortality and morbidity among teens and adults. It further expounds on the public health interventions that can be employed towards containing the complexity. It categorizes risky behaviors in six groups; Alcohol and substance abuse, irresponsible sexual practices that propel pregnancy and transmission of sexually related infections, violent behaviors, unhealthy dietary conduct, being physically inactive, and smoking of tobacco. It further initiates in developing the methodology of the study that is based on sampling designs on the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey in schools. The article has developed findings that reveal the existence of higher tendencies of risky behavior among high school students contributing to the extreme deaths between the age range of 10-24 (MMWR, 2016). It also establishes that the promotion of healthy behaviors across the US varies according to race, sex, and grade. High school students are further developed to have a higher prevalence of risky behavior; hence, exposed to morbidity and mortality.
Families play a critical role in the regulation of the behavior that teens are likely to engage in society. Behaviors such as tobacco use and drinking are significantly shaped in teens by the influence of the family. The parenting nature works towards controlling the behavior of an individual’s morals, hence, averting from irresponsible sexual acts in society. It can also be developed that family habits in terms of diet are likely to result in problems of obesity. The aggressive and violent nature is also related to how one is brought up and the kind of parents he or she has. Hence, families are significant in the development of risky behavior among children.
References
MMWR. (2016). Your Risk Behavior Surveillance -the United States, 2015. Surveillance
Summaries Vol 65(6), 1-180.