Assessment of risk-taking behaviour in adolescents of a rural area in central india (m.p.)

Introduction: Adolescence is one among the foremost rapid phases of human development. The leading health related events are seen in this age group. About 800,000 people die by suicide world-wide every year, of these 135,000 (17%) are residents of India3. RTA crashes kill 1.2 million people each year and injure millions more, particularly in low- income and middle-income countries. Globally it is also estimated that more than 1 in 3 students between the ages of 13 & 17 are regularly bullied by peers and here comes the initiation of violence stage in their life. Aims & Objectives: 1. To assess the pattern of safety while driving.2. To observe the pattern of violence & see their involvement in any kind of violence activity according to their father’s occupation.3. Response of students towards bulling. 4. Response of students towards sad feeling and their attempt to suicide. Methodology: The study was done in Government School, which was selected by Lottery method. Total of 330 students were selected from class 9 to 12 with the help from table of random numbers. They were interviewed with the help of modified CDC's YRBS questionnaire. Result: It was also found that 22.7% boys and 8.2% girls were found to wear a helmet / seatbelt. Whereas 39.4% boys and 26.1% girls never drive a vehicle in alcoholic state. It was also observed that 67.9% participants did not carry any weapon to school property.6% boys were threatened by someone 12 or more times in past 12 months. It was observed that 64.8% students did not have any physical fight in past 12 months. It was also observed that 34.5% participants had a feeling of sadness or hopelessness and 9.1% had made plan to attempt suicide while 3.6% led to suicidal injury. Conclusion: The ultimate goal must be to prevent injuries and violence from happening in the first place, much can be done to minimize the disability and ill-health arising from the events that do occur.