Investigation On Health Risk Behaviors Of Students Among Four Secondary Health Schools In Henan

Objective:The purpose of this study is to provide a basis for carrying out health education in schools and making up intervention measures by surveying the present situations and characteristics of the health risk behaviors with the secondary health school students.Methods:Cluster random sampling method was used to survey 2767 students from four secondary health schools in Henan. The article used the questionnaire of "national adolescent related health surveillance questionnaire (for high school students)" to investigate. EpiData3.1 and SPSS 17.0 packages were used for data analyzing.Results:1. Dietary behaviors:Of the students,25.4%seldom had breakfast,25.6% never drank milk, and 45.0%seldom ate fresh fruits. Boys had higher rate than girls in seldom having breakfast, never drinking milk, seldom eating fresh fruits. The rate of the poor students'having sweet food and dietary bias was higher than that of the top ones.2. Losing weight behaviors:Of the students,25.4%tried losing weight, while 37.6%of them were evidenced to do that in an unhealthy way. Girls had higher rate than boys in eating no meat and using sliming pills.3. Unintentional harm behaviors:Of the students,46.7%were reported a non-compliance riding,67.1%had a non-compliance walk,24.5%went to non-safe places to swim. All the rates of boy students'unintentional harm behaviors were higher than that of girl students. The rate of swimming and skating in the non-safe places increased with ascending of scores.4. Intentional harm behaviors:Of the students,26.9%ever fought with others, 14.8%were depressive,10.3%tried running away form home. The rate of boys' fighting was obviously higher than that of girls. The rate of students'fighting increased with the ascending of grades. The poor students had higher rate than the top students in fighting, and running away from home.5. Substance abuse:Of the students,19.9%were smokers,39.2%drank,20.5% were intoxicated, and 1.4%had used drugs. Except for using drugs, the rate of boy students'substance abuse was significantly higher than that of girl students. The poor students'substance abuse rate was significantly higher than that of common students and the top students6. Psychological addiction behaviors:Of the students,20.7%spent much time playing the computer games,14.1%had internet addiction, and 19.7%participated in betting. Boys had higher rate than girls of all the psychological addiction behaviors mentioned above. The poor students were reported a higher rate than the top students of the psychological addiction behaviors mentioned above. Male, junior students, students with one-parent/a remarried family, surfed the net to mainly play computer games, which was the risk factor of the internet addiction; having a mother with high degree and good marks themselves were the protective factors.7. Sexual attitude/behaviors:Of the students,34.0%ever read the obscene books or video products,22.9%had intimacy with the opposite sex, and 10.7%had sex. The rate of the boys'sexual attitude/behaviors was higher than that of the girls. The rate of poor students'sexual attitude/behavior was higher than that of common students and the top students.8. Aggregation of risk behaviors:9 representative kinds of the health risk behaviors were studied and the results showed that internet addiction, fighting, smoking and alcohol drinking were ranked in the top four among the health risk behaviors.Conclusions:Health risk behaviors widely existed among the secondary health school students in Henan. The boys were reported a higher rate than girls of the health risk behaviors, and the poor students had a higher rate than the common students and the top students. Internet addiction, fighting, smoking and alcohol drinking were ranked in the top four among the health risk behaviors. Male, junior students, students with one-parent/a remarried family surfed the net to mainly play computer games, which was the risk factor of the internet addiction; having a mother with high degree and good marks themselves were the protective factors.