Perceived health and health related behaviours of Portuguese adolescents: an analysis by sex and age - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209
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Resumo: | Objective: To compare the perception of health status of teenagers and their behaviours according to the sex and age. Methods: The “Inventory of adolescents’ health related behaviours” was applied to 8,480 Portuguese adolescents (52% female and 48% male). Results: The data showed that 3/4 of the youngsters made a positive evaluation of their health, being the boys those who better evaluated themselves. As the age of the subjects increased, there was a decrease, on both sexes, in the percentage of youngsters that positively evaluated their health. In what concerns the relation between health perception and adolescents’ behaviours, a strong positive association between health protecting behaviours and positive health perception was observed; but was also equally evident the great percentage of youngsters that, although presented high risk behaviours, also made a positive evaluation of their health. Conclusions: Although the great majority of the youngsters make a positive evaluation of their health and there is an evidence of a positive relation between protective health behaviours and health perception, a great percentage of adolescents do not relate their risk behaviours with losses to their health. These results alerts to the need of precociously work with the youngsters important concepts such are those of risk behaviours or health protection. |
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Perceived health and health related behaviours of Portuguese adolescents: an analysis by sex and age - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209Percepção e comportamentos relacionados com a saúde dos adolescentes portugueses - uma análise em função do sexo e da idade - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209Saúde do adolescentePercepçãoComportamento do Adolescente.Objective: To compare the perception of health status of teenagers and their behaviours according to the sex and age. Methods: The “Inventory of adolescents’ health related behaviours” was applied to 8,480 Portuguese adolescents (52% female and 48% male). Results: The data showed that 3/4 of the youngsters made a positive evaluation of their health, being the boys those who better evaluated themselves. As the age of the subjects increased, there was a decrease, on both sexes, in the percentage of youngsters that positively evaluated their health. In what concerns the relation between health perception and adolescents’ behaviours, a strong positive association between health protecting behaviours and positive health perception was observed; but was also equally evident the great percentage of youngsters that, although presented high risk behaviours, also made a positive evaluation of their health. Conclusions: Although the great majority of the youngsters make a positive evaluation of their health and there is an evidence of a positive relation between protective health behaviours and health perception, a great percentage of adolescents do not relate their risk behaviours with losses to their health. These results alerts to the need of precociously work with the youngsters important concepts such are those of risk behaviours or health protection.Objectivos: i) comparar a percepção do estado de saúde dos adolescentes em função do seu sexo e da idade; ii) analisar as relações existentes entre a percepção do estado de saúde dos adolescentes e os seus comportamentos, em cada um dos sexos e diferentes escalões etários. Métodos: Foi utilizado o “Inventário de comportamentos relacionados com a saúde dos adolescentes”; participaram 8.480 jovens portugueses (52% raparigas e 48% rapazes). Resultados: revelaram que 3/4 dos jovens avaliavam positivamente a sua saúde, sendo os rapazes quem se avaliou mais positivamente. À medida que a idade avançava registrava-se um decréscimo, em ambos os sexos, nas percentagens de jovens que avaliavam a sua saúde positivamente. Relacionando a percepção de saúde e os comportamentos, identificámos uma forte associação positiva entre comportamentos protectores de saúde e avaliação positiva da saúde, mas foi igualmente evidente a existência de uma grande percentagem de jovens que, apesar de apresentarem comportamentos de risco elevados, faziam também uma avaliação positiva da sua saúde. Conclusões: Apesar da maioria dos adolescentes fazer uma avaliação positiva da sua saúde e de haver uma relação positiva entre os comportamentos protectores de saúde e a percepção de saúde, uma grande percentagem de jovens não relaciona os seus comportamentos de risco com perdas ao nível da sua saúde. Estes resultados remetem-nos para a necessidade de se trabalhar precocemente com os jovens, conceitos importantes como são, por exemplo, os comportamentos de risco.Universidade de Fortaleza2012-01-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"Peer-reviewed Article""Avaliado pelos pares""Avaliado pelos pares"application/pdfhttps://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/58510.5020/585Brazilian Journal in Health Promotion; Vol. 21 No. 3 (2008); 209-218Revista Brasileña en Promoción de la Salud; Vol. 21 Núm. 3 (2008); 209-218Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde; v. 21 n. 3 (2008); 209-2181806-1230reponame:Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúdeinstname:Universidade de Fortaleza (Unifor)instacron:UFORporhttps://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/585/2227Corte-Real, NunoBalaguer, IsabelDias, CláudiaCorredeira, RuiFonseca, António Manuelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2012-01-10T12:19:20Zoai:ojs.ojs.unifor.br:article/585Revistahttps://periodicos.unifor.br/RBPS/oai1806-12301806-1222opendoar:2012-01-10T12:19:20Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde - Universidade de Fortaleza (Unifor)false |
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Perceived health and health related behaviours of Portuguese adolescents: an analysis by sex and age - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209 Percepção e comportamentos relacionados com a saúde dos adolescentes portugueses - uma análise em função do sexo e da idade - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209 |
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Perceived health and health related behaviours of Portuguese adolescents: an analysis by sex and age - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209 |
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Perceived health and health related behaviours of Portuguese adolescents: an analysis by sex and age - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209 Corte-Real, Nuno Saúde do adolescente Percepção Comportamento do Adolescente. |
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Perceived health and health related behaviours of Portuguese adolescents: an analysis by sex and age - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209 |
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Perceived health and health related behaviours of Portuguese adolescents: an analysis by sex and age - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209 |
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Perceived health and health related behaviours of Portuguese adolescents: an analysis by sex and age - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209 |
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Perceived health and health related behaviours of Portuguese adolescents: an analysis by sex and age - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209 |
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Perceived health and health related behaviours of Portuguese adolescents: an analysis by sex and age - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p209 |
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Corte-Real, Nuno |
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Corte-Real, Nuno Balaguer, Isabel Dias, Cláudia Corredeira, Rui Fonseca, António Manuel |
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Balaguer, Isabel Dias, Cláudia Corredeira, Rui Fonseca, António Manuel |
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Corte-Real, Nuno Balaguer, Isabel Dias, Cláudia Corredeira, Rui Fonseca, António Manuel |
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Saúde do adolescente Percepção Comportamento do Adolescente. |
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Saúde do adolescente Percepção Comportamento do Adolescente. |
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Objective: To compare the perception of health status of teenagers and their behaviours according to the sex and age. Methods: The “Inventory of adolescents’ health related behaviours” was applied to 8,480 Portuguese adolescents (52% female and 48% male). Results: The data showed that 3/4 of the youngsters made a positive evaluation of their health, being the boys those who better evaluated themselves. As the age of the subjects increased, there was a decrease, on both sexes, in the percentage of youngsters that positively evaluated their health. In what concerns the relation between health perception and adolescents’ behaviours, a strong positive association between health protecting behaviours and positive health perception was observed; but was also equally evident the great percentage of youngsters that, although presented high risk behaviours, also made a positive evaluation of their health. Conclusions: Although the great majority of the youngsters make a positive evaluation of their health and there is an evidence of a positive relation between protective health behaviours and health perception, a great percentage of adolescents do not relate their risk behaviours with losses to their health. These results alerts to the need of precociously work with the youngsters important concepts such are those of risk behaviours or health protection. |
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Brazilian Journal in Health Promotion; Vol. 21 No. 3 (2008); 209-218 Revista Brasileña en Promoción de la Salud; Vol. 21 Núm. 3 (2008); 209-218 Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde; v. 21 n. 3 (2008); 209-218 1806-1230 reponame:Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde instname:Universidade de Fortaleza (Unifor) instacron:UFOR |
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