School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Level 5, McAuley Centre, The Calvary-Mater Hospital, Cnr Edith Street and Platt Street, Waratah, NSW 2298, Australia.
Health Behaviour Research Group, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
Health Promot J Austr. 2013 Dec;24(3):185-91. doi: 10.1071/HE13047.
Adolescence and young adulthood is a time of risky health behaviour initiation and experimentation. Smoking, risky drinking, poor nutrition and physical activity, and a lack of sun protection behaviour, often become established in early adulthood. Levels of health risk behaviours occurring amongst tertiary education and training students and their preferences for types of on-campus health promotion programs were examined.
A cross-sectional pen-and-paper classroom survey was conducted at one Sydney-based TAFE New South Wales Institute campus in May 2010. The survey assessed demographics, smoking, alcohol use, sun protection, nutrition, physical activity and health promotion program preferences.
Two hundred and twenty-four students participated (97% consent); the majority were aged 16-24 years (59%) and female (51%). Current smoking (35%), risky drinking (49%) and inadequate physical activity (88%) rates were high. Adequate vegetable intake (3.6%) and sun protection behaviours (5.4%) were low and 33% of students were overweight or obese. Popular health promotion programs included food and activity subsidies, practical skills classes and social outings.
Participation in health risk behaviours among this sample was high. The setting of tertiary education and workplace training represents an opportunity for early intervention into risky health behaviours among young people. SO WHAT?: This study is the first to provide information on the prevalence of health risk behaviours and preferences for types of health promoting programs among students of an Australian community college. The results show that young adults regularly participate in multiple health risk behaviours, such as smoking, drinking, poor nutrition, physical activity and lack of sun protection.
青少年和青年时期是开始和尝试危险健康行为的时期。在成年早期，吸烟、危险饮酒、不良营养和身体活动以及缺乏防晒行为通常会变得更为普遍。本研究调查了高等教育和培训学生中存在的健康风险行为水平，以及他们对校内健康促进项目类型的偏好。
2010 年 5 月，在悉尼的一所新南威尔士 TAFE 学院校区进行了一项横断面纸笔课堂调查。该调查评估了人口统计学特征、吸烟、饮酒、防晒、营养、身体活动和健康促进项目偏好。
224 名学生参与（97%同意）；大多数年龄在 16-24 岁（59%）和女性（51%）。当前吸烟（35%）、危险饮酒（49%）和身体活动不足（88%）的比例较高。蔬菜摄入充足（3.6%）和防晒行为（5.4%）较低，33%的学生超重或肥胖。受欢迎的健康促进项目包括食品和活动补贴、实用技能课程和社交活动。
该样本中参与健康风险行为的比例较高。高等教育和工作场所培训的环境为年轻人早期干预危险健康行为提供了机会。那么问题来了：本研究首次提供了澳大利亚社区学院学生健康风险行为的流行率和对健康促进项目类型偏好的信息。结果表明，年轻人经常参与多种健康风险行为，如吸烟、饮酒、不良营养、身体活动和缺乏防晒。
