Abstract:One aimed to characterize the profile of adolescents regarding their socio-demographic aspects and describe the risk and vulnerability situations mentioned by them. This is a descriptive and quantitative study carried out with 500 school adolescent students aged between 13 and 19 years old, from the city of Iguatu-CE, Brazil. One applied a questionnaire in the school in August 2008. Data were analyzed using a statistical program. The results showed that adolescents were predominantly from the urban area (59.25… Show more
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