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KMID : 0892720000040010083
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2000 Volume.4 No. 1 p.83 ~ p.91
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Risk Health Behavior among Female Students of High School and University
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Han Sung-Hyun
Choe Min-Ja
Lee Sun-Hee
Lee Myung-Sun
Lee Hye-Jin
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlated factors of alcohol drinking, smoking, sexual activity, and emotional health problems among high school and university female students. A questionnaire was administered to a national sample of 615 female university students and 623 female high school students in August-September 1998 and February 1999. Correlated factors examined in this study were location of school, educational level of mothers, perceived living status of family and whether students have ever lived away from the family. For sexual activity, whether students received reproductive health education at school and whether they have friends who have sexual experience were also examined. Students who thought about committing suicide frequently or having attempted suicide were considered to have emotional health problems.
Prevalences of alcohol drinking and smoking were 36% and 24% respectively among high school female students, 80% and 13% among university female students, whereas each prevalences of sexual activity and emotional health problems were 7% and 11% among high school female students, 8% and 4% among university female students. Risk taking behavior was more prevalent among high school students than among university students except alcohol drinking. Multiple risk taking behavior was
common for both high school and university students. Risk taking behavior was much more prevalent among students in Seoul. Students who had an experience of living away from family had more sexual activity and emotional health problem among high school students. For both high school and university students, the factor that affects their own sexual activity most was having a friend who is sexually active. Students who considered their family to be poor also had a higher odds of having emotional health problems for university students. Receiving reproductive health education at school had no
effect on students sexual behavior. Higher prevalence of risk taking behavior among students in Seoul implies that the overall prevalence of risk taking behavior among female high school students is likely to increase nationwide. School health education program needs to be modified to be effective in protecting students from risk taking behavior. Students who live away from their families need programs to protect them from risk taking behavior. Programs that utilize mass media and peer counseling may be effective.
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KEYWORD
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maternal child health program for female students, alcohol drinking, smoking, sexual activity, emotional health
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