Kahramanmaraş Trade Vocational High School and Kahramanmaraş Kadri̇ye Çalık anatolian High School students ri̇sky health behavi̇or

Adolescence period is the riskiest period of health behaviors. The most important feature that distinguishes this year olds to adults is that they turn to risky behaviors. Transition from childhood to maturity involves many hazards, some health problems, some conditions and behaviors about health are more likely than other age groups and those behaviors may be an effect on future health status of adolescents. Therefore, to detect the reasons for high school students and the negative consequences of risk – taking behavior has been chosen as the research subjects to take the necessary precautions. To evaluate the factors that affect risky health behaviors of the high school students in Kahramanmaraş province, firstly literature review has been made. 407 students from the 11th grade in Kahramanmaraş Trade Vocational High School and Kahramanmaraş Kadriye Çalık Anatolian High School were administered a survey about the research topic. The results has been analyzed in SPSS program and it is found that there are differences in risky health behaviors from school to school. Vocational high school students than the anatolian high school students , the proportion of smoking and alcohol use, fierceness tendency, unhealty nutrition, lack of phisical activity has been found a higher rate of. The anatolian high school students than vocational high school students, rate of use of narcotic more much has been reached the concluded. Keywords : Adolescence Period, Risky Health Behavior, High School Students