The phrase "at risk practices" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to behaviors or actions that may lead to negative outcomes or consequences, particularly in contexts like health, safety, or finance.
Example: "The study highlighted several at risk practices that could jeopardize patient safety in the hospital."
Alternatives: "hazardous behaviors" or "dangerous practices".
Our results demonstrate that although some at risk practices have declined since the first study, risky contact with poultry is still frequent.
The questionnaire explored DU'socio-demographic situation, health status, access to HCV screening, knowledge of HCV transmission modes, drug use, and at risk practices.
Interviewers had been trained for DUs interview in order to minimize the social desirability bias with respect to drug consumption and at risk practices.
In 2004 2005, we therefore conducted a national survey among DUs who resided in metropolitan France (the ANRS-Coquelicot study) to assess the prevalence of HIV and HCV infections based on serum testing, the frequencies of at risk practices, and the risk factors for HCV prevalence.
[ 21, 24] When the results from the current study are compared with the previous ones, there are indications of the same magnitude of at risk practices, but also an indication of the evolving HIV epidemic; the HIV prevalence in female youth was 24%, 21%and15%5% in 1997/1998, 1998/1999 and 2002/2004 respectively while for male youth it was 5.9%, 12.0 and 7.5% respectively.
The use of lifetime at-risk practices and not recent at-risk practices or at-risk practices within correctional facilities may be a limitation.
A possible limitation is that the information collected about at-risk practices was self-reported.
In our study, questions on drug consumption and at-risk practices explored the month prior to interview.
15 Prevention responses (both in legal and public health contexts) inside and outside the prison setting differ for at-risk practices such as tattooing, injecting drug use and snorting.
Drug consumed, modes of consumption (injecting, sniffing, smoking) and at-risk practices (sharing syringes, other injection materials, sniffing material or glass pipes) were recorded for the last month using the Injecting Risk Questionnaire (IRQ) [ 46].
The logistic regression was based upon absolute numbers of patients vaccinated out of the total at-risk to account for differences in at-risk practice population size.
