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Abstract
This study examined risk behaviors related to depression and suicide among adolescent students enrolled in public schools in Bogota, Colombia. Data were collected from 1,692 respondents who completed a modified version of the CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Measures of central tendency, chi-square, and analysis of variance tests were used to analyze the data. Findings from this study revealed that 21% of the participants expressed suicidal ideation; fantasizing about suicide transcended to an actual plan in 19% of the cases; and 16% reported at least one attempt in the 30 days preceding the study. This article presents selected literature on the relationship between culture and suicidal risk behavior, methodological considerations in cross-cultural research, and implications for suicide prevention for Colombian adolescents and U.S. health educators.