DO YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC LIFESTYLE? NIGHTS OUT AND YOUTH LIFESTYLES

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Armando Manuel Marques
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Brito, Irma da Silva, Amado, João Costa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.esenfc.pt/?url=jUPaMF
• topic: Lifestyles; assessment

To address real problems we should use a participatory approach to widening understandings through the use of communicative spaces and practical engagement with tools for inquiry. The behavior of alcohol consumption is related with lifestyle, especially in youth. So it needs to be assessed before start prevention programs. Objectives: Describe quantitative methods for assess lifestyle and behavior of alcohol use among young people Methods: Epidemiologic research was carried out to determine the healthy lifestyle behavior prevalence of university students.The sampling included 3459 students who respond to an on-line questionnaire, selected by a simple random sampling method. Data were collected between October and December 2012 by using "Do you have a Fantastic Lifestyle" (Silva, Brito, Amado, 2011) and Self-Esteem (Rosenberg, 1964), both portuguese version. Results: Results show that 65% aren´t member of a community group; 35% feel stressed, 34% don´t do health-check-up, 33% don´t eat often fruits and vegetables; 29% smoke and 23% don´t usually talk with relatives about sexuality. Lifestyle behavior point averages medium level of 85.81±13.06; Medium level Self-Esteem 30.04±5.14. A week, they go out at night on average 1.27±1.77 times. There is a significant positive correlation between Lifestyle behavior with Self-Esteem (.567; p=.000) but a negative correlation with times of going out at night (-.042; p=.013). Conclusion: This data will be used to design and organize a Health Education strategy in each of the fields of education/schools; monitoring student´s health status; and evaluate the impact of recreational context health promotion within PEER.