Comparative study on health risk behaviors between male and female freshmen among medical universities, scientific and technologic universities / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo explore the distribution and characteristics of health risk behaviors between the male and female college freshmen in the medicine and science,and to provide evidence for appropriate health intervention measures.MethodsA questionnaire investigation was performed on college students'health risk behaviors among 1019 freshmen from medical and science college in urban area of Harbin.Results (1)There were statistically significant among the different gender in difference of risky behaviors except playing video games,net surfing,considered suicide,drug abuse and a few activities outside the 60 minutes every day (P ＜ 0.01 ).(2)Medical male risk behavior of the frequency(56.4％,19.2％,12.7％ and 47.1％ )higher than that of science and engineering male(35.6％,5.2％,1.6％ and 17.3％ )in trying to smoking,current smoking,sexual behavior and breakfast skipping.Recent medical males drinking rate was 85.3％ higher than male of science and engineering 72.2％.The incidence of female science and engineering students,respectively( 89.3％,50.8％ and 38.5％ ) than female medical students (72.4％,36.9％ and 8.0％ ) in trying to drinking and recent drinking and breakfast skipping.ConclusionThe risk behaviors of college freshmen were prevalent.The frequency of risk behaviors are different among the College Freshmen in different genders and with different major,respectively.Therefore,it is necessary to take measures for intervention.