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Trends in Health-Risk Behaviors among Chinese Adolescents

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  • Lan Guo

    (Department of Medical statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
    Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Nutrition Translation, Guangzhou 510080, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Tian Wang

    (Department of Medical statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
    Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Nutrition Translation, Guangzhou 510080, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Wanxin Wang

    (Department of Medical statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
    Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Nutrition Translation, Guangzhou 510080, China)

  • Guoliang Huang

    (Center for ADR monitoring of Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, China)

  • Yan Xu

    (Center for ADR monitoring of Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, China)

  • Ciyong Lu

    (Department of Medical statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
    Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Nutrition Translation, Guangzhou 510080, China)

Abstract

Adolescent health-risk behaviors can have long lasting negative effects throughout an individual’s life, and cause a major economic and social burden to society. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of the health-risk behaviors among Chinese adolescents and to test the trends in health-risk behaviors without and with adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics. Data were drawn from the School-based Chinese Adolescents Health Survey, which is an ongoing school-based study about the health-risk behaviors among Chinese adolescents (7th to 12th grade). During the first wave through the third wave, the prevalence of lifetime, past 12-month, and past 30-day use of opioid decreased by 4.19%, 0.63%, and 0.56%, respectively. Moreover, the prevalence of lifetime, past 12-month, and past 30-day sedative use decreased by 3.03%, 0.65%, and 0.35%, respectively. During the three waves, most trends in the prevalence of health-risk behaviors were downward, with a few exceptions: The prevalence of lifetime smoking, drinking, methamphetamine use, and sleep disturbance increased by 7.15%, 13.08%, 0.48%, and 9.06%, respectively. The prevalence of lifetime 3,4-methylene dioxy methamphetamine use (from 0.49% to 0.48%), lifetime mephedrone use (from 0.30% to 0.24%), or suicide attempts (from 2.41% to 2.46%) remained stable.

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  • Lan Guo & Tian Wang & Wanxin Wang & Guoliang Huang & Yan Xu & Ciyong Lu, 2019. "Trends in Health-Risk Behaviors among Chinese Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-11, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:11:p:1902-:d:235415
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    1. Yuan Qu & Hongyun Jiang & Ni Zhang & Dahai Wang & Lanting Guo, 2015. "Prevalence of Mental Disorders in 6–16-Year-Old Students in Sichuan Province, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-18, May.
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