title: Risk taking behavior of adolescents in Indonesia (country report).
abstract: Adolescent problems in Indonesia are becoming more and more relevant due to the increasing reports recently. Although data gathered are very limited a certain consideration should be well planned to get all resources in terms of motivation in paying more attention to the future of Indonesia youth problems such as narcotics/drug abuse, sexual activities including sexual transmitted diseases etc. A good communication with the other Asian countries in controlling those risk taking behaviors in adolescent will be very promising to gain the improvement of people's life quality by the year 2,000.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, Medical School, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narendra
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Basuki
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Soeharjono
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Ghozali
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000374:Aggression; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior