Investigating High-Risk Sexual Behaviors and Related Social and Cultural Factors among Youth of Shiraz City

Paying attention to the youth's health as the most valuable human resources of the society is essential. One of the most important topics of youth's health is  high-risk sexual behaviors and considering the attitudinal changes in  the society, it seems necessary to focus on this issue. The present study aims to investigate the high risk sexual behaviors among youth and assess the associated  factors including social and cultural capital related to health and spiritual well-being. In the present study, the statistical population includes young people aged 18-29 years of Shiraz. The sample size was estimated to be 600 people based on the Lin's Table. The data was selected through multi-stage sampling and using  questionnaire and was analyzed using SPSS software. The findings show that there is a significant reverse  relationship between age, educational status, cultural capital related to health, social capital in all dimensions, and spiritual well-being with high-risk sexual behaviors. In addition,  there is a significant difference by gender and  marital status in terms of these behaviors. So as, high risk sexual behavior was significantly lower among women and married people than men and unmarried.  Cultural  and social capital have an important protective role in high-risk sexual behaviors. Hence, strengthening and improvement of these capitals can lead to the promotion of healthy behaviors.