scholarly journals Assessment of Health Risk Behaviours among Secondary School Students in Enugu, South-East, Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babatunde I Omotowo ◽  
Anne C Ndu ◽  
Olanike R Agwu Umahi ◽  
Uchechukwu E Ezeoke ◽  
Idoko C Arthur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Risk Behaviours

INTRODUCTION: Health risk behaviours contribute to the leading causes of deaths and disability among adults and youth.    OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to investigate the prevalence of health risk behaviours among secondary school students in Enugu, South-East Nigeria.METHODS: This cross sectional study was conducted between May and July 2015 among 348 school students randomly selected in six secondary schools in rural and urban areas. Data was analysed using SPSS version 21, and statistical significance of association between variables was assessed using Chi-square test at p<0.05.RESULTS: Overall, 348 respondents out of 360 returned the completed questionnaires. 50.6% were females, while their mean age was 15.2 ± 5.1 years. Majority of respondents live with both parents (73.9%).Many respondents 44.5% had taken alcohol, while 13.5%, and 40.8% had smoked cigarette and had sex before respectively. Also, 59.8% had experienced one form of violence, while 37.6% of them preferred fast food junks to food prepared at home.Age, sex and class did not significantly influence participants that had taken alcohol. Also, age, sex and class did not significantly influence those that had sex in the past. However, sex significantly influenced smoking of cigarettes.CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS: Our results showed high percentage of health risky behaviours among secondary school students. Introduction of compulsory health education curriculum activities in schools was recommended.

scholarly journals Determinant of Health risk behaviours among secondary school students in Kwara State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Umar N. Jibril ◽  
◽  
Olusegun Badaki ◽  
Umar Aminat ◽  
A. M Ibraheem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
School Students ◽  
Health Risk Behaviours

scholarly journals Eating habits and food literacy: Study involving a sample of Portuguese adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 286-295
Author(s):  
Manuela Ferreira ◽  
Raquel P. F. Guiné ◽  
Ana Lúcia Leitão ◽  
João Duarte ◽  
Joana Andrade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
School Students ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Eating Pattern ◽  
Food Literacy

Abstract Adolescents tend to neglect food and their eating pattern is influenced by several factors. Adolescents’ health literacy substantiates their ability to respond to the growing demands of health, being linked to health promotion in several areas, including food. The goal of this work was to analyze the relationship between sociodemographic and contextual variables with secondary school students’ food literacy. A quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was carried out with a sample of 181 nonprobabilistic secondary school students, aged between 16 and 21 years (mean = 18.09 years ± 1.45), mostly female (58.0%), from 11th grade (35.4%), who are part of a secondary school in central Portugal. As a tool for data collection, the questionnaire of the project “Your PEL – Promote and Empower for Health Literacy in the young population” was used, aggregating three areas: eating behaviors, harmful consumptions and sexuality. The results showed that 58.6% of young people eat 4–5 meals a day, consume fast food weekly (79%) and eat soup (82.3%). Additionally, they eat fruit and vegetables on a daily basis (94.5 and 83.4%, respectively). The results further showed that 10th grade students have higher levels of health and food literacy. It was observed that both girls and boys are interested in receiving information regarding food, transmitted through social networks and by a communication application (84.5 and 73.5%, respectively), with significant differences (χ 2 = 4.768; p = 0.028). Adolescents face unique health challenges and a critical level of health literacy compromises their understanding of information about diet and future health. The results indicate that educational plans to empower adolescents in these areas, which integrate gender and age differences and sources of information as important variables to be considered, are pivotal for increasing levels of health and food literacy.

scholarly journals Saudi Secondary School Students Perception toward Image of the Nursing as a Profession

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hala Ahmed Abdou ◽  
Jamilah Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
General Information ◽  
Social Value ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Correlational Research

During the 21st century, nursing is one of growing field internationally wherever image in nursing is an important component of a pro¬fession. Thus, nursing image means that the manner of nursing personnel is professionals who technically and caring competent in comparing to other professionals in the healthcare settings. Objective: assess Saudi secondary school students ' perception toward Image of the Nursing as a Profession. A cross-sectional descriptive correlational research design was developed to collect the data in this research study. The area of studying was carried out at female and male secondary schools at the western region in Jeddah. The sampling technique was utilized non-probability convenience was utilized for this study. The estimated number of students’was150 students from previous settings. The study tool was nursing image questionnaire classified into two parts: the first part is general information and the second part consists of 28-item that classified into four subscales namely: nursing as a profession, nurses’ roles, the image of nursing, and context of social value. Results the main finding of this study was that a statistical significance was found between dimensions of the nursing image and sources of nursing information as a profession in terms of the context of social value with no differences in between male and female Saudi secondary school students perception of nursing as a profession. Therefore, it is recommended that increase the community awareness through mass media to highlight the advantages of the nursing occupation.

scholarly journals Co-occurrence subgroups of child sexual abuse, health risk behaviors and their associations among secondary school students in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Xiayun Zuo ◽  
Yanyan Mao ◽  
Qiguo Lian ◽  
Shan Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
School Students

Abstract Background Little is known on the co-occurrence and heterogeneity of child sexual abuse (CSA) or health risk behavior (HRB) prevalence nor the associations among the victims. Objectives To detect the prevalence and subgroups of adolescents reporting CSAs or HRBs, and to examine the association between the subgroups. Methods Participants were secondary school students in a national survey in China (N = 8746). Self-reported CSA and HRB experiences were collected through a computer assisted questionnaire. Prevalence and confidence intervals were calculated. Multigroup latent class analysis (LCA) was used to examine latent subgroups of CSA and HRB. Dual latent class regression analysis was used to examine the association between CSA and HRB classes. Results A total of 8746 students participated in our study. The prevalence of having ever experienced any of the reported seven CSA items was 12.9%. The preferred LCA model consisted of a three-class CSA latent variable, i.e. “Low CSAs”(95.7% of the total respondents), “Verbal or exhibitionism CSAs”(3.3%), and “high multiple CSAs” (1.1%); and a three-class HRB latent variable, i.e. “Low HRBs”(70.5%), “externalizing HRBs” (20.7%), and “internalizing HRBs” (8.7%). Students in the “Verbal or exhibitionism CSAs” or “high multiple CSAs” classes had higher probabilities of being in “externalizing HRBs” or “internalizing HRBs” classes. The probabilities were higher in “high multiple CSAs” class(male externalizing OR 4.05, 95%CI 1.71–9.57; internalizing OR 11.77, 95%CI 4.76–29.13; female externalizing OR 4.97, 95%CI 1.99–12.44; internalizing OR 9.87, 95%CI 3.71–26.25) than those in “Verbal or exhibitionism CSA”(male externalizing OR 2.51, 95%CI 1.50–4.20; internalizing OR 3.08, 95%CI 1.48–6.40; female externalizing OR 2.53, 95%CI 1.63–3.95; internalizing OR 6.05, 95%CI 3.73–9.80). Conclusions Prevalence of CSA items varies. Non-contact CSAs are the most common forms of child sexual abuse among Chinese school students. There are different latent class co-occurrence patterns of CSA items or HRB items among the respondents. CSA experiences are in association with HRB experiences and the associations between latent classes are dose-responded. Multi-victimization has more significantly negative effects. The results could help identify high-risk subgroups and promote more nuanced interventions addressing adverse experiences and risk behaviors among at-risk adolescents.

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