Some results of the study on knowledge, attitudes and practices of risk factors for non-communicable diseases among graduate students of secondary school / Монголын Анагаах Ухаан

ABSTRACT

Introduction@#Globally, deaths from NCDs increased by 15% between 2010 and 2020 (44 million deaths), with an estimated 10.4 million deaths in Southeast Asia (WHO, 2020). </br> In this regard, a research was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of graduate students of secondary school about risk factors for non-communicable diseases. @*Purpose@#To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of secondary school graduate students of the about the risk factors for non-communicable diseases.@*Material and Method@#In the research, one school from the rural and four school from the urban settings were selected in the Ulaanbaatar city using a purposive deliberate sampling method. A total of 350 students were involved. The information was examined using questionnaires with 4 chapters and 65 questions, which were specifically designed to knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding risk factors for non-communicable diseases. </br>The research was discussed and approved at the meeting of the Ethics Subcommittee of the “Ach” University on April 13, 2021. After providing detailed information about the research through the “Introductory Permit Form”, we contacted with the social worker in charge of the high school students to obtain permission to include students in the research and received formal confirmation via Gmail. @*Result@#30.3 percent of the respondents said that they allow smoking in the ger, but 18.9 percent do not. 42% of the respondents said that the reason for not eating fruits and vegetables is that they are expensive and do not believe in the quality of imported fruits and vegetables, while 77.8 % have a negative habit of adding salt to their food. 29.4% do not know how to be active, 29.4% do not like to be active, when asking how many hours a day do you exercise, 46.6 percent answered 15 minutes, 37.4 percent 30 minutes, 8.9 percent 45 minutes and 6.4 percent 60 minutes. When answering a question to clarify knowledge about the use of the Internet, 50.9% percent said it was 1-2 hours, 6.4 percent - 30-45 minutes and when asking to find out how much time they use the Internet per day, 35.4% said 3-4 hours, 30% answered 5-6 hours, which have a negative habit.@*Conclusion@#</br>1. 80% of students involved in the research have sufficient knowledge about the risk factors for NCDs. </br>2. 70% have a positive attitude towards risk factors for NCDs. </br>3. 60% lead a healthy behavior, but the remaining 40% need to be developed and habituate healthy behaviors and practice.