Tafireyi Cecil Gabriel Simbarashe, Grace Jeanne Martin
College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Glob Health Promot. 2022 Jun 22;29(4):17579759221099308. doi: 10.1177/17579759221099308.
University students globally are reportedly living unhealthy lifestyles, challenging universities to develop physical activity (PA) and health promotion (HP) intervention strategies. The current study aimed to review global universities' physical activity and health promotion activities to inform the PA and HP guidelines for Eswatini university students in the Sub-Saharan region. An electronic search was performed for review articles published between 1996 and 2021, using Cochrane, Google Scholar, PubMed Central, Scopus, and Medline Web of Science databases. The documents reviewed showed that some global universities under investigation follow the health promoting university (HPU) concept influenced by the Ottawa charter (1986). The review articles further showed that implementing the healthy university concept differs due to cultural and contextual differences from one institution to another. The reviews showed the main item areas as smoking control/alcohol and drug abuse, mental health, sexual health, physical activities, healthy eating habits/diet categorized under health promotion. The main PA activities were pedometer activity tracking, measurement of PA using validated questionnaires, sports, games, among other intervention activities. The HPU concept is thus a good starting point that can be promoted and spread to all other universities globally with different charters' guidance, including the Ottawa charter and the Okanagan charter.
据报道，全球大学生的生活方式不健康，这促使大学制定体育活动（PA）和健康促进（HP）干预策略。本研究旨在回顾全球大学的体育活动和健康促进活动，为撒哈拉以南地区斯威士兰大学生的体育活动和健康促进指南提供参考。通过Cochrane、谷歌学术、PubMed Central、Scopus和Medline Web of Science数据库，对1996年至2021年发表的综述文章进行了电子检索。所审查的文件表明，一些受调查的全球大学遵循受渥太华宪章（1986年）影响的健康促进大学（HPU）概念。综述文章还表明，由于文化和背景差异，不同机构实施健康大学概念的方式也有所不同。综述显示，健康促进的主要项目领域包括吸烟控制/酒精和药物滥用、心理健康、性健康、体育活动、健康饮食习惯/饮食。主要的体育活动包括计步器活动跟踪、使用经过验证的问卷测量体育活动、运动、游戏以及其他干预活动。因此，健康促进大学概念是一个很好的起点，可以在不同宪章（包括渥太华宪章和奥卡纳根宪章）的指导下，在全球所有其他大学中推广和传播。
