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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Health Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1407233
This article is part of the Research Topic Health Promotion in the Universities and Other Educational Settings View all 17 articles

The Impact of Health Promotion Training on University Students' Health Perceptions, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors, and Risky Behaviors

Provisionally accepted
Bahar KEFELİ ÇOL Bahar KEFELİ ÇOL *
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Türkiye

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    It is a quasi-experimental study using a pre-post test design This study was conducted with 179 students. The Health Perception Scale, the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale, and the Risky Behaviors Scale were used to collect the data. A 7-week training program was implemented, and the post-training evaluation was made after 3 months. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, Wilcoxon analysis, and Spearmen Correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. After health promotion training, it was determined that health perception and healthy lifestyle behaviors increased and risky behaviors decreased. A significant negative relationship was found between health perception after trainingand antisocial behavior, suicidal tendencies and dropping out of school. A significant negative relationship was found between healthy lifestyle habits and antisocial behavior, suicidal tendencies and school dropout. A positive significant relationship was determined between health perception and healthy lifestyle behaviours.The results of this study provide evidence of the effectiveness of training interventions in improving healthy lifestyle behaviors and health perception and reducing risky behaviors. The results support the planning of training programs to promote health on campuses. It also shows the effectiveness of training programs in preventing antisocial behavior, suicidal tendencies and school dropout.

    Keywords: healthy, lifestyle, Smoking, Suicide, Antisocial behaviour

    Received: 26 Mar 2024; Accepted: 28 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 KEFELİ ÇOL. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Bahar KEFELİ ÇOL, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Türkiye

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