Risk-taking behaviours during adolescence have negative short- and long-term health impacts. Maximizing the progress made through child health improvements and preventing the onset of adult ill-health require a much greater focus on health during adolescence. Understanding the biological and social factors that shape both risk and protective factors during adolescence provides the basis for effective prevention strategies. Effective prevention strategies require localized, disaggregated data to respond to heterogeneous life experiences. This paper reports on self-reported risk-taking behaviours among young adolescents growing up in rural communities in New South Wales, Australia. Quantitative analysis was undertaken to explore the relationship between risk-taking behaviour and key social determinants of health, including age, gender, cultural background and socio-economic status. It concludes that cross-cutting early intervention and prevention involving social work, youth work, education and health which builds young people’s resilience is likely to assist in the development of health-protective behaviours.

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新南威尔士州农村和地区的年轻青少年的冒险行为：预防不良健康后果

青春期的冒险行为会对短期和长期健康产生负面影响。要通过改善儿童健康状况取得最大进展并预防成人健康不良，就需要更加关注青春期的健康状况。了解青春期会影响风险和保护因素的生物学和社会因素，为有效的预防策略提供了基础。有效的预防策略需要局部分类的数据，以应对不同的生活经历。本文报道了在澳大利亚新南威尔士州农村社区中成长的青少年中自我报告的冒险行为。进行了定量分析，以探索冒险行为与健康的关键社会决定因素（包括年龄，性别，文化背景和社会经济地位。结论是，涉及社会工作，青年工作，教育和卫生的跨部门早期干预和预防，可以增强年轻人的适应能力，可能有助于发展保护健康的行为。