Health-promoting behaviors among female students in primary and secondary high school levels in Poldokhtar in 2014

Piri, Nasim and Garmarudi*, GHolam reza and Noori, Keramat lah and Azadbakht, Mojtaba and Hashemi, SHima (2015) Health-promoting behaviors among female students in primary and secondary high school levels in Poldokhtar in 2014. yafte, 17 (3).

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Abstract

Background : Teenage girls health is more important due to multiple cultural and social reasons, the maturity characteristics of girls and their somatic and mental conditions of puberty and also their main role in fertility and its influence on a family life, makes a reduplicate importance on teenage girls health in comparison with boys. The purpose of this study was to investigate the health-promoting behaviors of female students in Poldokhtar. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study, was carried out on 427 high school female students selected using multiple step sampling method. Data were collected by a questionnaire (demographic questions, and standard health-promotion behaviors (HPLPII). Data were analyzed by t-test and ANOVA. Results: 421 questionnaires were completed. Average of general score of health-promoting behaviors was about 6.64 percent. Average score of different structures in students consisted of health responsibility, nutrition, physical activity and stress management were 7.68, 9.66, 2.58 and 8.56 percent respectively. Parental education, mother's occupation, family size, type of entertainment and body mass index had a significant relation with health-promoting behaviors (p<0.001). Conclusion: The results of this research showed that the sanitary behaviors of girl student in Poldokhtar has a moderate range. Stress management and physical activity had an inappropriate situation compared with two other structures; and this makes more attention for more entries. Keywords: Female students, High school levels, Health-promotion behaviors

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Depositing User: mania jalilvand
Date Deposited: 30 Aug 2016 05:25
Last Modified: 31 Aug 2016 04:09
URI: http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/44

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