Assessment Of Prevalence And Knowledge On High-Risk Behaviour Regarding Health And Protective Factors Among School Going Adolescents At Selected Schools, West Bengal

Abstract

High-risk behaviours are those that can have adverse effects on the overall development and well-being of youth, or that might prevent them from future successes and development. A descriptive study conducted with the aim to assess the prevalence and knowledge on high-risk behaviours regarding health among 60 school going adolescents of class X & XII at selected schools of West Bengal with GSHS (Global School Based Student Health Survey) tool and Structured Knowledge questionnaire by convenience sampling technique. Among60 school going adolescents’ maximum were male. Prevalence rate is high among male school going adolescents for feelings of depression and down and among female school going adolescents’ prevalence rate is high at the feelings of nervousness, anxious and could not control worrying of something. High prevalence rate found on dietary module that most of the male and female school going adolescents were taking fat and fried foods many times in a week. Most of the students both male and female school going adolescents were having poor to moderate knowledge on high-risk behaviour regarding health at the mental health and diet. Strong and negative correlation found between the prevalence and knowledge on high-risk behaviour regarding health at mental health module and moderate and positive corelation found between the prevalence and knowledge on high-risk behaviour regarding health at dietary module.