%0 Journal Article
%T Health risk behaviour of elementary school children in Vojvodina
%A Sanja £¿umonja
%A Mia Mari£¿
%J South Eastern Europe Health Sciences Journal
%D 2012
%I 
%X Aim To determine frequency, intercorrelation of health-risk behaviours among elementary school children and their correlation with sources of health-related information and social behaviour models.Methods Reasearch was conducted in the form of cross-sectional study. Sample included students from 5th to 8th grades of elementary school. Data were collected by interviewing students with questionnarie consisted of two parts: Risk Behaviour Scale and set of questions about sources of information, social behaviour models and socio-demographic characteristics. Risk Behaviour Scale measured following health-risk behaviors: use of psychoactive supstances (cigarettes, alcohol, illegal substances), risky behaviour in traffic, unsafe sexual behavior, inadequate nutrition and insufficient physical activity. Values p <0.05 were considered as statistical significant.Results Sample included 445 elementary school students aged 11 to 15 years of age. The most prominent health risk behaviours were unhealthy dietary habits, with 408 (91.1 %) students consumed fast food. Alcohol was the most frequent psiho-active substance used, in 261 (58.2 %) cases. Health-risk behaviours were more frequent among boys, older students, those with low school achievment and those who receive health-related information from peers and media. Statistically significant correlation between inadequate nutrition and physical inactivity was found (p=0.000). Alcohol use was significantly correlated with use of cigarettes (p=0.00) and illegal substances (p=0.00), risk sexual behaviour (p=0.00), risk behaviour in traffic (p=0.00) and physical inactivity (p=0.00). Conclusion All health-risk behaviours appeared in the same time in elementary school students and that could be a consequence of same individual and social factors which contribute to their occurence.
%K child health
%K risk factors
%K primary school
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