Assessment of Unhealth risk Behavior among Adolescents Students at Technical Health Institute | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 3, Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2016, Pages 33-45 PDF (649.26 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.54589 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman, A. Mohamed1; Hyam, R. Tantawi2; Asmaa, S. Mohamedy1 | ||
| 1Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University | ||
| 2Pediatric , Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: High-risk behaviors are those that can have adverse effects on the overall development and well-being of adolescents, or that might prevent them from future successes and development. Aim: Assess unhealthy risk behavior among adolescent students at the technical health institute. Design a descriptive exploratory study. Setting: The study was carried out in technical health institute at Benha. The convenience sample composed of available students from both sexes (200) who actually participated in the study over a period of 6 months. The tool of data collection involved interviewing questionnaire sheet to assess adolescent students' demographic data, the second tool was anxiety symptoms scale to assess the adolescent anxiety symptoms, the third tool was sleep problem scale to assess the sleep problem and disturbances that evoked from the risky behavior of adolescents, the fourth tool was emotional disturbances scale to assess adolescents emotional disturbance that arise from their risky behaviors and the fifth tool was educational problem scale to assess the education hardships observed among adolescents and considered a risk behavior confronting them. Results of the Study: More than one third of studied sample (35%) had taken smoking behavior habits & less than three quarters of the studied sample (71%) had nutrition risk behavior. There were statistically significant relation between adolescent students' sex and total risk score (p<0.05). There were highly statistically significant differences and positive relations between the studied sample residence and their total risk score (p<0.001). The study concluded that all students participate in some risk behavior as smoking, unhealthy hygienic, behavior leading to injury, disturbed dietary and physical inactivity behavior. The study recommended that, emphasize the importance of periodic assessment of unhealthy risk behavior among adolescence students at the technical health institute and provide appropriate program for its management. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Adolescents; risk behavior; pediatric nurse; unintentional injury | ||
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