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Health-Promoting Behaviors among Nursing Students: Palestinian Perspective.

Imad FashafshehSuhair Hussni Al-GhabeeshAhmad AyedBasma Salim SalamehAhmad BatranHala Bawadi
Published in: Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing (2021)
The purpose of this study is to assess the health-promoting lifestyle behaviors of nursing students at Arab American University Palestine, Palestine. A cross-sectional design was used, 350 participants filled the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. The total HPLP score was 138.57 ± 22. Spiritual growth had the highest mean and physical activity had the lowest subscale. A significant relationship between the age of students and the sub-scales of stress management as well as physical activity. However, gender and spiritual growth subscale differed significantly. Also, there was a significant difference between students' year level and physical activity. University administrators and staff should provide guidance to progress with more actual strategies to improve nursing students' health-promoting behaviors.
Keyphrases
  • nursing students
  • physical activity
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • health information
  • body mass index
  • metabolic syndrome
  • cardiovascular disease
  • health promotion
  • type diabetes
  • social media
  • human health