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Abstract
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OBJECTIVE: to analyze changes on risk behavior (RB) by gender in an adolescent student's cohort.
METHODS: online questionnaire based on YRBSS of CDC with 36 RB was applied in two periods (2003, 2005) to 115 students aged 15 to 19 from High School. Statistics: McNemar and binomial.
RESULTS: significant decrease in relation to RB frequency about suicide (general), carry weapons (general and men) and friends fights (general and women), significant increase of RB frequency about alcohol consumption (general and both genders), not quitting (men), non vegetable consumption (general), not condom use (general and women) not using contraceptives (general and women) and alcohol and drugs consumption in car (general). With inadequate exercise and there were contrary trends; with drugs use and sexual violence there was no change.
CONCLUSIONS: adolescents from both genders start High School with similar profile of wide frequency of RB in both genders, there were only nine significant changes, and six did not have. Few changes by gender were observed, there was an increase in unsafe sex practices and alcohol consumption in women.
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Objetivo: analizar el cambio de comportamientos de riesgo y género en estudiantes de 15 a 19 años de edad de una escuela preparatoria.
Métodos: en 2003 y 2005 se aplicó un cuestionario en línea, voluntario y confidencial, a 115 estudiantes, basado en Youth risk behavior surveillance system del Center for Disease Control and Prevention con 36 indicadores. El análisis estadístico se llevó a cabo con pruebas de McNemar y binomial.
Resultados: disminución significativa de comportamientos de riesgo en suicidio (muestra total), portación de armas (total y hombres) e involucramiento en peleas (total y mujeres), y aumento significativo en necesidad y consumo de alcohol (total y ambos sexos), no dejar de fumar (hombres), no consumir verduras (total), no usar condón (total y mujeres), no usar anticonceptivos (total y mujeres), y consumir alcohol o drogas en vehículos (total). En ejercicio inadecuado hubo tendencias contrarias; en consumo de drogas y violencia sexual no hubo cambios.
Conclusiones: se ingresó con amplio rango de frecuencia de comportamientos de riesgo en ambos sexos; hubo nueve cambios significativos (25 %), dos tercios negativos. Preocupa el incremento de los comportamientos de riesgo en sexo inseguro y consumo de alcohol en mujeres.
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