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To investigate the prevalence of high-risk health behaviors and assess sex differences among high school adolescents in Yazd, Iran.

May 19, 2023HeliyonOpen Access

Sex differences in high-risk health behaviors among school-going adolescents in Yazd, Iran; a cross-sectional study

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MVMahmood VakiliShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services MMMahboobahsadat MirzadehShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services MMMohsen MirzaeiShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services

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Cross-sectional study reveals increased prevalence of substance use and violence in male adolescents, suggesting targeted sex-specific health interventions.

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To investigate the prevalence of high-risk health behaviors and assess sex differences among high school adolescents in Yazd, Iran.
Cross-sectional descriptive study involving N=2,420 high school students aged 12–19 years (52.5% male) in Yazd, Iran.
Conducted across randomly selected schools and census-sampled classrooms using the anonymous, validated Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS).
Adequate physical activity was reported by only 18.4% of adolescents overall, with girls reporting significantly lower physical activity than boys (p < 0.001).
Tobacco and substance use were significantly more prevalent in boys than girls (p < 0.001), including current smoking (11.8% overall; male-to-female ratio: 2.6) and ever hookah use (20.5%; ratio: 1.5).
Frequent physical fighting was over twice as common among males, while females reported higher rates of parental supervision (82.1% vs. 73.4%) and parental monitoring (90.6% vs. 86.8%).

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Vakili et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10fccb8102eb4b66eedcc5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16404

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Cross-sectional study reveals increased prevalence of substance use and violence in male adolescents, suggesting targeted sex-specific health interventions.

Sex differences in high-risk health behaviors among school-going adolescents in Yazd, Iran; a cross-sectional study

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Sex differences in high-risk health behaviors among school-going adolescents in Yazd, Iran; a cross-sectional study

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