Health perceptions and healthy lifestyle behaviors of Erciyes University students

The aim of this study is to determine some factors that may be related to the health perceptions and healthy lifestyle behaviors of Erciyes University students. In this descriptive research, 1286 students from the first and fourth-year students studying in the undergraduate programs at the Faculty of Medicine, Engineering, Education and Literature of Erciyes University were included. For the socio-demographic data, the Health Perception Scale (HPS) and the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale (HLBS) were used with a questionnaire consisting of 31 questions. 60.9% of the students included in the research were women, the average age of the whole group was 21.1 ± 2.4 years. 50.9% of students in the Faculty of Medicine, Engineering, Education, and Literature were first-year students. HPS scores of the students were found to be 40.7 ± 6.2 and HLBS scores as 125.4 ± 19.5. University students' perceptions of health were found as low and healthy life behaviors were moderate. İn order to provide the development and maintenance of positive perceptions of health perception and healthy lifestyle behaviors, and the positive interaction of these two phenomena, individual and social support is needed for the students.

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