DOI: 10.36347/sasjm.2020.v06i02.005

Pages: 47-51

Our objective is to find youth health risk behavior surveillance during medical education period. The investigation was performed between January-December 2013, in regular public and medical schools in Izmir. A total of 1040 students (male: 484, female: 556) aged 17-20 years (mean ± SD: 18.9 ±1.9 years) were included on a voluntary basis in this cross-sectional questionnaire survey. The questionnaire form included items on subject demographics (age, gender), and questions designed in context of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, 1999”. The questionnaire revealed significantly increased risk behavior ratesi during medical education period in the study cohort: traveling in the vehicle not wearing the belt in 499 (48%) , smoking regularly in 137 (13.2%), drunk driving in 48 (4.6%) suicidal ideation in 109 (10.5%), suicide attempts in 30 (2.9%), uncontroled sexual experience in 165 (15.9%), owerweight in 235 (22.6%). and using computer regularly all day ratio in (65%). We concluded that spesific educational programmes must be taken covered in family life, pre-school and school period for youth health risk behavior.