title: [Youth health behavior survey].
abstract: High-risk behaviours -- smoking, drug use, alcohol use and etc. are the main risk factors of non-communicable diseases and main reasons of morbidity and mortality in many countries of the world. We conducted the "Youth Health Behaviour Survey" among the students in Tbilisi, Mtskheta and Dusheti. The survey included questioning of students (14-17 years old) by modified questionnaire. There were questioned 300 students, 100 in each region. Mtskheta is very close to Tbilisi, it's a peri-urban area; Dusheti is quite far rural area. The survey results show that teenagers both in central and peripheral areas are becoming familiar with alcohol in early ages and using alcohol is several times higher in Tbilisi. In Tbilisi as in Mtskheta and Dusheti students use wine and spirits with same frequency. Smoking is a bit high in Tbilisi and Mtskheta; regular smoking starts at age 13-14, boys are smoking more than girls. Drug use wasn't identified. Sexual intercourse had almost half of boys from Tbilisi and about one third of boys in Mtskheta and Dusheti. Safe sex methods more frequently are used in Tbilisi. Propaganda of healthy life style is essential in supporting healthy youth development. It's very important to set different interventions in different regions of Georgia, to adapt materials to real situation.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Meboniia
authors.forename: L Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Sturua
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Chachava
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Kalandadze
authors.forename: Z G
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Merabishvili
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D005846:Georgia (Republic); D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male