Determination of some health promotion behaviors of 1-4. grade university students
Articles > Article · 2015
Authors: H Ozcebe, BK Kucuk Bicer, B Guciz Dogan, Damla İŞMAN HAZNEDAROĞLU, M Bertan
European Journal of Public Health, International, 2015, vol 25
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv176.293
Summary
Background Being healthy is the most important goal of the new century. Adolescents is an important period where healthy behaviors can be obtained and sustained. The aim of this study is to determine some health promoter/developer behaviors of grade 1-4th university students. Methods Nine universities from Turkey was chosen as the universe and cross-sectional study was conducted. Weighted sampling method had been used and 6038 students were reached. The data was collected under observation from 5221 students with a questionnaire form (114 questions) used in 2005 by inserting some questions. Ethicş approval was taken from 9 universities. SPSS 15.0 was used for analyses. Results In the study, 62.8% were first grade and 43.5% were male. 65.4% of first grade and 68.9% of fourth grade students think that their health is good. In first grade; 62.7 of males and 30.4% of females reported physical exercise. The reasons were being healthy, it's funny, decreases stress and to be fit. In fourth grades ratios were 63.6% and 29.8%. First three reasons were; being healthy, decreases stress and to be fit. 84.0% of first grades' and 83.2% of fourth grades' body mass index were lower than 25 percentile. 20.1% of first grades and 21.4% of fourth grades thought that they had malnutration. There were differences between food consumption of female and male students in first grade however it was similar in fourth grade. 55.3% of first grades and 51.9% of fourth grades consumed chocolate. Conclusions Students feel healthy and they think that they show enough attention for their health. Students don't have enough physical exercise habit and they don't get in university either. Students think that they develop negative nutrition habits in university years. It's important for the universities to provide healthy environmental conditions and motivate students to use these facilities. Key messages: Healthy life behaviors must be promoted before children reach university ages University environment arrangemens are needed to promote healthy behaviors in college students