The vocational education setting for health promotion: a survey of students' health risk behaviours and preferences for help
The vocational education setting for health promotion: a survey of students' health risk behaviours and preferences for help
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DOI：
10.1071/he13047
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
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1.9
通讯作者：
Walsh, Raoul
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作者：
Bonevski, Billie;Guillaumier, Ashleigh;Walsh, Raoul
背景：青春期和青年期是开始和试验危险健康行为的时期。吸烟、危险饮酒、营养不良和缺乏体育活动，以及缺乏防晒行为，往往在成年早期就已形成。调查了高等教育和培训学生的健康风险行为水平以及他们对校园健康促进项目类型的偏好。方法：2010年5月，在悉尼新南威尔士TAFE学院的一个校区进行了横断面笔和纸教室调查。该调查评估了人口统计、吸烟、饮酒、防晒、营养、体育活动和健康促进计划的偏好。结果：224名学生参与（97%同意）；大多数是16-24岁（59%）和女性（51%）。目前吸烟（35%）、危险饮酒（49%）和身体活动不足（88%）的比例很高。足够的蔬菜摄入量（3.6%）和防晒行为（5.4%）较低，33%的学生超重或肥胖。流行的健康促进计划包括食品和活动补贴、实用技能课程和社会郊游。结论：该人群健康风险行为参与率较高。高等教育和工作场所培训的设置为及早干预青年人的危险健康行为提供了机会。那又怎样?这项研究首次提供了有关澳大利亚社区大学学生健康风险行为的流行程度和对健康促进项目类型的偏好的信息。结果表明，年轻人经常参与多种健康风险行为，如吸烟、饮酒、营养不良、体育活动和缺乏防晒。
Background: Adolescence and young adulthood is a time of risky health behaviour initiation and experimentation. Smoking, risky drinking, poor nutrition and physical activity, and a lack of sun protection behaviour, often become established in early adulthood. Levels of health risk behaviours occurring amongst tertiary education and training students and their preferences for types of on-campus health promotion programs were examined.Method: A cross-sectional pen-and-paper classroom survey was conducted at one Sydney-based TAFE New South Wales Institute campus in May 2010. The survey assessed demographics, smoking, alcohol use, sun protection, nutrition, physical activity and health promotion program preferences.Results: Two hundred and twenty-four students participated (97% consent); the majority were aged 16-24 years (59%) and female (51%). Current smoking (35%), risky drinking (49%) and inadequate physical activity (88%) rates were high. Adequate vegetable intake (3.6%) and sun protection behaviours (5.4%) were low and 33% of students were overweight or obese. Popular health promotion programs included food and activity subsidies, practical skills classes and social outings.Conclusion: Participation in health risk behaviours among this sample was high. The setting of tertiary education and workplace training represents an opportunity for early intervention into risky health behaviours among young people.So what? This study is the first to provide information on the prevalence of health risk behaviours and preferences for types of health promoting programs among students of an Australian community college. The results show that young adults regularly participate in multiple health risk behaviours, such as smoking, drinking, poor nutrition, physical activity and lack of sun protection.