Question

What are high risk behaviors of the Puerto Rican heritage?

Answer 1

Puerto Rico heritage are people belonging to the unincorporated state of Puerto Rico situated northeast to the Caribbean Sea. The population is mostly Spanish.

The high risk behaviours of Puerto Rico heritage includes:

• Unprotected sexual practices : The Puerto Rico population is one of the leading state for AIDS. One of the chief reasons for this includes unprotected sexual practices. Culturally use of protective devices such as condom is discouraged which puts females at risk.
• Sharing of syringes: This is the second leading cause of HIV and high risk behaviour among this population. People new to this practice are especially vulnerable.
• Smoking: This is a high risk behaviour causing a lot of diseases among this population especially leading to increased infant mortality as women are unable to cease smoking even while pregnant.
• Alcoholism: A high risk behaviour paving way for heart diseases and diabetes it is also a cause of other diseases.