A cross-sectional study on the unhealthy behavior among adolescents / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To know the status of the unhealthy behavior of adolescent in Kaihua County.Methods Multi -stage cluster sampling survey was carried out and 741 middle school students in 17 classes from 10 schools were selected. The survey was conducted by using a self-reported questionnaire.Results Middle school students who felt good health status accounted for 46.96%,while students who had the suicide ideation accounted for 15.38% and who had suicide behavior accounted for 2.29%.34.55% students had smoking behavior.Students who had never eaten breakfast were accounted to 9.45%,and who had never drink milk were accounted to 46.15%.50.88% and 60.32% students had the behavior of washing hands before eating and after using the toilet respectively.Students who had the behavior of brushing teeth were accounted to 88.08%.Students who had never participated physical activity that was longer than 60 minutes were accounted to 5.24%,and playing games and chatting were the two major internet activities.The awareness rate of AIDS knowledge was 59.32%.The rates of behavior of school violence and stolen was 8.91% and 18.08% respectively. Sex behavior was 3.37%.Conclusion There are smoking,playing online games,campus violence,poor hygiene and other bad behavior in some middle school students.