Health Behaviors, Reproductive Health History, and Sexual Behaviors of College Students.
- Author:
Sukhee AHN
1
;
Insook PARK
;
Jin Sook HAN
;
Tae Im KIM
;
Myung Soon KWAK
;
Hi Sook CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Korea. sukheeahn@cnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Reproductive health;
Health behavior;
Sexually Transmitted Disease;
Sexual behavior
- MeSH:
Alcohol Drinking;
Coitus;
Female;
Hand;
Health Behavior;
Humans;
Male;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Reproductive Health;
Safe Sex;
Sexual Behavior;
Sexually Transmitted Diseases;
Smoke;
Smoking;
Unsafe Sex;
Weight Loss
- From:Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2008;14(3):205-212
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to survey the health behaviors related to reproductive health, reproductive health history, and sexual behaviors of college students in local areas. METHOD: With a survey design, 792 college students from C and D areas were recruited to assess health behaviors such as smoking and alcohol drinking, as well as history of reproductive health and sexual behaviors. The data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire from November to December, 2007. RESULT: Mean age of the students was 20.8(SD=1.96) and gender distribution was 29.2% for male and 70.8% for female. Unhealthy behaviors were alcohol drinking, smoking, excessive weight loss, and irregular exercise; unsafe sex practices were experience of sexual intercourse with multiple sex partners and history of sexually transmitted disease (STD). Male students had more alcohol drinking (p=.04), smoking(p<.001), excessive weight loss(p=.01), experience of sexual intercourse with multiple sex partners(p<.001), history of STD(p=.025) compared to females. On the other hands, female students participated in regular exercise less than males(p<.001). CONCLUSION: College students seem to perform unhealthy behaviors related to reproductive health and less effective way of safe sex practices. Therefore, a planned education program for reproductive health promotion operated by college level is needed to assess and improve the level of reproductive health in college students.
