Healthy Lifestyle Model among Benha University Town Students

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1 Nursing educator at Technical School of Nursing at Shebin El- Kom –Menofiya Governorate, Egypt

2 Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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Background: University towns are responsible for the creation of a supportive environment for the health promotion and helping students manage and control their health. Healthy lifestyle behaviors involve a set of students’ choices in the status of life that influences the health of the student. Aim of study: Was to evaluate the effect of healthy lifestyle model among Benha university town students. Research design: A Quasi experimental research designwas used. Setting: This study was conducted at Benha University Town, Benha City. Sample: A simple random sample of 149 university town students. Tools: Three tools were used for data collection. I: An interviewing questionnaire. II: Healthy life style scale for university students to assess student's healthy life style and III: Observational checklist questionnaire to assess Benha University town environment which included 3 items as (buildings, rooms, kitchen). Results: There was significant improvement of studied student's total knowledge post implementation of healthy lifestyle model to reach 77% compared by 68% pre the implementation. Also, there was significant improvement of studied student's total lifestyle post implementation of healthy lifestyle model to reach 81% compared by 74% pre the implementation. Conclusion: Healthy lifestyle plays a key role in improving life and health of university town students. The most common factors predisposing to unhealthy lifestyle among university town students not being able to manage their time and routine, problem of individualism and self-centered attitudes and absence of a door to knock upon whenever they wish to resolve their problems of health, social life, and academics. Recommendation: The health education agenda should focus on themes such as hygiene, physical activity, nutrition and relationships. ‘‘Stress management’’ and ‘‘time management’’ taught along with curricula may assist students in dealing with stress caused by heavy loads of study. Further studies are needed to ensure the importance of healthy lifestyle model among university town students.

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Journal of Nursing Science Benha University
Volume 3, Issue 1
January 2022
Pages 486-499

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