The prevalence of the co-occurrence of risky behaviors and association with socioeconomic status in Iran: a latent class analysis

In the present study, the co-occurrence of risky behaviors was reported as 10 and 3 for the high-risk behavior class and the middle-risk behavior class, respectively. The findings suggest that prevention and treatment interventions aimed at modifying multiple high-risk behaviors should be integrated into the healthcare system, in addition to those focused on altering a single behavior. Furthermore, the results of this study indicate that individuals with lower socioeconomic status are given higher priority in screening programs designed to identify high-risk behaviors.