2.  Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others  First, understand individual responsibility and second examine your current behaviors  Examples Examples  Make any changes if need be

3.  Youth Risk Behavior Survey › Information gathered by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention › Survey teens nation wide to monitor their risk behaviors  YRBS YRBS

4.  Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk › If negative behaviors are repeated over time the negative effects accumulate and lead to serious health consequences › Cumulative risks may result from combinations of risk factors; such as speeding and bad weather.

5.  Abstinence!!! › Avoiding harmful behaviors › The only way to avoid the consequences of some of the most serious risk behaviors  Stay away from drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and sexual activity