Lee A, Tsang C K, Lee S H, To C T
Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
J Sch Health. 2001 Nov;71(9):443-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2001.tb07321.x.
In Hong Kong, prevocational schools serve as an alternative to mainstream schools to provide education with more emphasis on practical and technical subjects. In this paper, health-risk behaviors of prevocational school (PVS) students were identified, and comparisons of health-risk behaviors with or without adjusting the demographic factors from prevocational schools and mainstream schools were made. The PVS students were at higher risk for most categories of health-risk behaviors such as unintentional and intentional injuries, smoking, alcohol drinking, glue sniffing, inadequate physical activity, insufficient consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, and early sexual activity with multiple partners. Female students of PVS reported higher prevalence of emotional problems and substance abuse. Findings suggest that the school environment is an influential factor on the lifestyle behavior of students. Comprehensive health education and intervention programs are needed for youth in Hong Kong prevocational schools.
在香港，职业先修学校作为主流学校的替代选择，提供更注重实践和技术科目的教育。本文识别了职业先修学校学生的健康风险行为，并对职业先修学校和主流学校在调整或不调整人口统计学因素情况下的健康风险行为进行了比较。职业先修学校的学生在大多数健康风险行为类别上风险更高，如意外伤害和故意伤害、吸烟、饮酒、吸胶、体育活动不足、新鲜水果和蔬菜摄入不足以及与多个性伴侣的早期性行为。职业先修学校的女学生报告的情绪问题和药物滥用患病率更高。研究结果表明，学校环境是影响学生生活方式行为的一个因素。香港职业先修学校的青少年需要全面的健康教育和干预计划。
