Introduction:

adolescence is characterized by the complexity of changes at the physical, psychological and social levels that adolescents must face in order to transition to the adult world. The experience of crises makes them a vulnerable population subject to suffer highly significant situations.

Objective:

to establish national and international trends in the approach to sexual risk behaviors in adolescents.

Methods:

a bibliographic review of the main scientific articles of the last few years in national and international biomedical journals and other bibliographic sources in academic google was carried out. Of the 47 articles selected, 30 were used as bibliographic references in English and Spanish.

Development:

risky sexual behaviors in adolescents favor the presence of risks that compromise their sexual and reproductive health. It is characterized by early initiation of sexual relations, frequent change of partners, sometimes under pressure from their group of friends or their partner and without any protection.

Conclusions:

the aspects mentioned above indicate the importance of educating adolescents about sexuality, and therefore intervention designs are needed to help reduce the risks related to the major sexual problems of adolescents.

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