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KMID : 1002420070080020035
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Journal of Korea Society for School Health Education
2007 Volume.8 No. 2 p.35 ~ p.48
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Health Promotion Behavior and Related Factors of College Students
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Shim Kyu-Bum
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Abstract
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Background & Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the level of health behavior and taking courses related with those subjects by college students and analyse the factors that have effect on these issues so that provide a basic material in developing policy and education program that can increase the level of health behavior for them.
Methods: A questionnaire was applied 1,500 college students for two months from October 10 to 30, 2007.
Results: 1) When viewing the objects of this study as general traits and social economic ratio, ’female’ was 59.4%, BMI index of ’20-14’ was 52.7%, department of natural science was 47/7%, and ’their own house’ was 51.0%. 2) When viewing the experience of taking courses related with health by the trait of demography and sociology, ’no’ was most high by showing 42.2%, and those of female. under 19 in BMI index, and the department of natural science showed no experience. 3) When viewing satisfaction with college life they showed , stress level in college life , the level of health behavior . 4) When viewing taking courses related with health, stress in college life. and health behavior according to satisfaction with college life they showed . 5) When viewing the level of health behavior according to demographic and sociological traits, the habit of eating was and health care was . 6) When viewing the effect of factors on health behavior, there were gender, age, residence area, grade, and satisfaction with college life.
Conclusion: As we can see from the results above, it is the fact that the students in college are neglecting the subjects related with health owing to short period of education and major based education by the education aim of fostering professional career manpower. Therefore it needs open many culture courses for the subject related with health in college for the students to increase their health level as well as their major, and also there needs combined improvement of college and government system.
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KEYWORD
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health behavior, college students
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