Comparison of health risk behavior, awareness, and health benefit beliefs of health science and non-health science students: an international study
SOURCE: Nursing and Health Sciences
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2015
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Peltzer, S.Pengpid, T.K.C.Yung, H.Aounallah-Skhiri, R.Rehman
KEYWORDS: HEALTH, HEALTH SCIENCES, RISK BEHAVIOUR, STUDENTS (COLLEGE)
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8974
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/1653
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1653
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2015
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Peltzer, S.Pengpid, T.K.C.Yung, H.Aounallah-Skhiri, R.Rehman
KEYWORDS: HEALTH, HEALTH SCIENCES, RISK BEHAVIOUR, STUDENTS (COLLEGE)
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8974
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/1653
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1653
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Abstract
This study determines the differences in health risk behavior, knowledge, and health benefit beliefs between health science and non-health science university students in 17 low and middle income countries.Anonymous questionnaire data were collected in a cross-sectional survey of 13,042 undergraduate university students (4,981 health science and 8,061 non-health science students) from 17 universities in 17 countries across Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Results indicate that overall, health science students had the same mean number of health risk behaviors as non-health science university students. Regarding addictive risk behavior, fewer health science students used tobacco, were binge drinkers, or gambled once a week or more. Health science students also had a greater awareness of health behavior risks (5.5) than non-health science students (4.6). Linear regression analysis found a strong association with poor or weak health benefit beliefs and the health risk behavior index.There was no association between risk awareness and health risk behavior among health science students and an inverse association among non-health science students.-
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