Health-promoting factors among students in higher education within health care and social work: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data in a multicentre longitudinal study.
Inger AhlstrandIngrid LarssonMargaretha LarssonAimée EkmanLena HedénKatja LaaksoUlrika LindmarkHåkan NunstedtLena OxelmarkSandra PennbrantAnnelie J SundlerJenny HallgrenPublished in: BMC public health (2022)
Swedish students in higher education within the healthcare and social work sector report good general health and well-being in the first semester, as well as health-promoting resources (i.e. SOC, SHIS and OBQ), and in some aspects, a healthy lifestyle. High-intensity exercise, no sleeping problems and non-smoking seem to be of importance to both general health and health-promotive resources. This study contributes to knowledge about the health promotive characteristics of students in the healthcare and social work fields, which is of importance for planning universities with a salutogenic approach.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- mental health
- high intensity
- public health
- health information
- metabolic syndrome
- randomized controlled trial
- risk assessment
- cardiovascular disease
- cross sectional
- clinical trial
- resistance training
- smoking cessation
- health promotion
- study protocol
- human health
- electronic health record
- high school
- double blind
- data analysis