title: Perception of health risks among adolescents due to consumption of cigarettes, alcohol and psychoactive substances in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article describes the perception of health risks in adolescents due to the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol and psychoactive substances in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBIH), as well as their observation of the behavior of their peers related to addictive behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  For the analysis was used a database from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) survey which was conducted in FBIH in 2011. The target population were students in the second grade of secondary schools in FBIH born in 1995 according to the ESPAD protocol. The total number of respondents from the cohort born in 1995 was 3813 students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The research results showed that the prevalence of risk perception due to the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol and psychoactive substances among adolescents in the FBIH is lower than the mean prevalence in countries which have implemented the ESPAD survey of 2011.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PPreventive activities should be aimed at adolescent risk behaviours and empower them to make the right decisions that can have far reaching significance. Attention has to be paid to selective prevention that is directed towards individuals or subgroup of population where the risk of developing disorder is much higher than average.
authors.affiliation: Sector for Public Health, Monitoring and Evaluation, Federal Ministry of Health, Titova 9, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Electronic address: idanap@bih.net.ba.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pilav
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Studies, University Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rudić
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Studies, University Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Branković
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Studies, University Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Djido
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
keywords: Adolescent; Alcohol; Perception; Psychoactive substances; Smoking