Abstract :
Objective: The purpose of the study was to assess the risk behavior and its effect on involvement
in sex among school-going adolescents as a part of assessing implementation of Adolescent
Reproductive and Sexual Health Scheme (ARSH) in a state of India.
Methods: The sample covered 3069 randomly selected adolescents (students) from 9th to 12th
standard in various government, private and missionary-run schools from two districts, namely,
Aizawl and Champhai in the state of Mizoram.
Keyword :
Contraception, Alcohol, Drug and tobacco use, Pornographic literature, Premarital sex, STDs