Özet:

Health compromising behaviors are detrimental behaviors that have been implicated in increased mortality and morbidity in every society. Although peculiar to all ages, gender, economic and social status. There is a growing indication that risky health behavior is more prevalent in adolescents. Notably, there is no known recent data on health-compromising behavior among adolescents in Enugu state. Thus, the current study examined the prevalence of risky behaviors among tertiary education students in Enugu state. Four hundred and eighty-nine undergraduates pooled from tertiary institutions participated in the study. The participants completed a self-report measure assessing their health-compromising behavior. The result showed physical inactivity 53.7% represented the highest rate of risky behavior identified among the students, followed by alcoholic use with an overall rate of 51.9%. Also, smoking 48.6% and self-medication 43.7% assumed an elevated rate of health risk behavior among the cohort, while unsafe sexual behavior rated 21.4%, and fighting 17% were rated the least prevalent health risky behavior among the students.

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