The purpose of this study was to understand the difference of health-promoting life styles among the Fifth and Sixth grades students in Kaohsiung City, and analyze the related factors. A descriptive study design was chosen, and data was collected by self-reported questionnaires that include: demographic data, cues to self-efficacy of health behavior and health-promoting lifestyle profile. The number of subjects was 1164, consisting of 623 Fifth grade students and 541 Sixth grade students. The data collection was based on structural questionnaire method, and there were 1164 valid samples, which were then analyzed by SPSS for Windows 14.0. Results of this study include: 1. The average score was 157.93 in terms of overall scaling table. The highest score fell on health-promoting lifestyles, followed by daily life security habits ,then Self-Care habits, Stress & Sentiments Management, Recreation and Sport,and the lowest score was on eating habits. 2.The average score was 113.39 in terms of overall scaling table. The highest score fell on self-efficacy of health behavior, followed by health responsibility behavior, then stress management behavior, nutrition behavior, and the lowest score was on exercise behavior. 3.The result indicated that these background factors did show significant differences in health promotion life-style. 4. The result indicated that these background factors did show significant differences in self-efficacy of health behavior. 5. Health behavior self-efficacy were positively correlated with health-promoting lifestyles. ¡]r¡×.730¡Ap¡Õ.01¡^ 6. It was realized through hierarchical enter regression analysis that, health¡@responsibility behavior , stress management behavior, nutrition behavior, the gender ,results of study in class(last / middle), Father¡¦s occupation¡]field / general¡^ , Father¡¦s teach(democracy /abandon¡^ , exercise behavior, mother¡¦s level of education ¡]a primaryschool / a junior college¡^ and to stay with parent(yes / no¡^ and could explain to 59.7¢H total variance in health promotion life-style. Among these 10 factors, health responsibility behavior ,has the biggest influence; also, the research conclusions could serve as a reference for future health education and activities planning within the school.

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School curricula of physical education in high school The target of the work is to contribute to issues of creation and using of school educational program in physical education at Gyms and other high school types. As important is considered the feedback with the issues from the physical education teacher's point of view, that we have earned from work. From studying of professional literature, we have found experiences in given area and historical evolution at home and abroad. We have earned required data from the PE teachers thanks to questionnaire investigation with the use of stratifies form made for physical education teachers under the name: "Physical education in school educational programs". We have evaluated and then formed recommendations from founded knowledge and results from the questionnaire investigation for another practical use. Keywords: School educational program, High school, benefits, use, physical education

The purpose of the study was to perform a quantitative occupational stress risk assessment (OSRA) to evaluate the impact of health promotion (HP) lifestyle and perceived nature contact on the consequences of perceived stress from exposure to nursing stress risk factors. Perceived stress is defined as the employee’s personal interpretation of his or her work circumstance and any discrepancy between workplace demands (stressors) and individual capacities (resources). Registered nurses (RNs) in patient care settings are prone to high levels of perceived stress, which can cause errors in clinical care giving. High perceived stress is a consequence of risk factors from a nurse’s daily work routine including: workload, death and dying, inadequate preparation for role, staff support, uncertainty concerning treatment, communication with physicians, and communication with other nurses. Mitigating perceived stress improves nursing job performance, job satisfaction, and overall employee health, while reducing mental fatigue, absenteeism, and burnout. Methods performed included: Aim 1) a systematic literature and meta-analysis to establish benchmarks for perceived stress in nursing professionals for comparison of United States (US) and International healthcare settings; Aim 2) a cross-sectional study using a 125-item survey instrument administered online to an RN study population to evaluate relationships between perceived stress, HP lifestyle, and perceived nature contact; and Aim 3) a quantitative OSRA to rank nursing stress risk factors and examine differences by gender, ethnicity, and race. Results were: Aim 1) Perceived Stress Scale 14-item (PSS14) value for International nursing studies was 25.41 (95% CI 21.1 to 29.7), while US PSS14 nursing studies yielded a value of 23.8 (95% CI 19.8 to 27.7). Aim 2) the present study found Southern California RNs (n=161) had the same perceived stress (m = 22.8, 7.06 SD, p=0.082) as other US nursing professionals. RN perceived stress scores were negatively correlated (p<0.001) to HP lifestyle. HP lifestyle was positively correlated (p<0.001) to perceived nature contact. Aim 3) the OSRA model using HP lifestyle for coping exhibited the highest strength (92%) and reliability (90%); this model established RNs' risk factor rankings (RFRs) from high to low as: 1) communication with physicians, 2) workload, 3) uncertainty concerning treatment, 4) death and dying, 5) inadequate preparation for role, 6) communication with other nurses, and 7) staff support. High nursing RFRs were the same by gender. Differences were found with Hispanic RNs who ranked communication with other nurses as RFR 3 compared to non-Hispanic RNs at RFR 7. Also, non-white RNs ranked inadequate preparation for role as RFR 2 compared to white RNs at RFR 5. Although present study results focused on a single health provider RN population using self-reported survey instruments, the OSRA process can be applied to any occupational setting. This study supports introducing a quantitative OSRA process initiated in Europe to US worksites to identify and rank occupational stress risk factors for strategic prioritization and alignment with interventional resources. With continuous replication of OSRA within and between work-sectors, this process could elucidate US industry health and safety best practices. The present study focused on nurses as a first-test-case high-stress occupation. More OSRA nursing studies are recommended across a wider US geographic area to create normative values of comparison including stratum for gender, ethnicity, and race. Intervention, intervention effectiveness, and organizational change studies are needed to mitigate high nursing stress risk factors emanating from healthcare organizational challenges and to emphasize implications for improved patient care outcomes.

O estilo de vida adotado pela população como má alimentação, sedentarismo e poucas horas de sono podem contribuir para o aumento de peso e consequentemente para o aparecimento de doenças crônicas não transmissíveis. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o estado nutricional e identificar o estilo de vida da população adulta usuária da Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF) de um município paulista. Foi conduzido um inquérito com emprego de questionário aplicado pelo pesquisador em entrevistas individualizadas, com 381 pessoas maiores de vinte anos em onze ESF do município de Bebedouro-SP. A coleta de dados foi realizada no prazo de oito meses (Outubro de 2016 a Maio de 2017), com participantes que encontravam presentes no local, nos dias visitados, até atingir a cota amostral prevista para a unidade. Foram realizadas medidas antropométricas (peso, altura e IMC) e aplicado os questionários sobre estilo de vida e o socioeconômico e demográfico em todos os participantes. Observou-se predomínio dos participantes da faixa etária 20 - 39 anos (33,9%), do sexo feminino (74,5%), com ensino médio completo/superior incompleto (38,6%), classe econômica D-E (59,5%) hábito de sono menor que 6 horas/dia (41,5%) e sedentários (66,9%). Em relação ao consumo alimentar, a maioria consumia feijão todos os dias (33,6%), com diferença estatística significante entre adultos e idosos (limite inferior: 0,59 e limite superior: 0,03) e também na comparação do estado nutricional de sobrepeso e obesidade (limite inferior: 0,21 e limite superior: 1,37). Quanto ao estado nutricional, classificado de acordo com o índice de massa corporal, verificou-se que a maioria dos adultos apresentavam obesidade (43,5%) e sobrepeso (37,4%) e a maioria dos idosos (61,8%) sobrepeso. Em resumo, a população que mais frequenta as unidades de ESF do município estudado era do sexo feminino, da faixa etária dos 20 aos 39 anos, com vida sedentária, entretanto não faz ingestão de álcool e tabaco. O excesso de peso predominou nos adultos e idosos. / The lifestyle adopted by the population as poor diet, sedentary lifestyle and few hours of sleep can contribute to weight gain and consequently for the occurrence of chronic non-communicable diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status and identify the lifestyle of the adult population using the family health strategy in a municipality of the countryside of São Paulo State. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire applied by the researcher in individualized interviews, with 381 individuals aged twenty years or more, in eleven Family Health Strategies in the municipality of Bebedouro-SP. Data collection was carried out within eight months (October 2016 to May 2017), with participants who were present in the site, on the visited days, until to complete the sampling quota of the unit. Anthropometric measurements (weight, height and BMI) were performed, and a lifestyle and socioeconomic and demographic questionnaires were applied to all participants. Among participants, there was predominance of the categories age group 20 - 39 years old (33.9%), female (74.5%), married (50.9%), incomplete high school (38.6%), economic class D and E (59.5%), having a sleep habit of less than 6 hours / day (41.5%) and sedentary (66.9%). In relation to food consumption, most of the participants consumed beans every day 33.6%) with significant statistical difference between adults and the elderly (lower limit: 0.59 and upper limit: 0.03) and also in the comparison of the nutritional status of overweight and obesity (lower limit: 0.21 and upper limit superior: 1,37). In relation to the nutritional status, classified according to body mass index, the majority of adults were obese (43.5%) and overweight (37.4%) and the majority of elderly (61.8%) were overweight. In summary, the population that most visit the ESF units of the studied municipality was female, from the age group of 20 to 39 years old, with a sedentary life, but does not consume alcohol and tobacco. Excess weight predominated in adults and elderly.

O estilo de vida adotado pela população como má alimentação, sedentarismo e poucas horas de sono podem contribuir para o aumento de peso e consequentemente para o aparecimento de doenças crônicas não transmissíveis. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o estado nutricional e identificar o estilo de vida da população adulta usuária da Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF) de um município paulista. Foi conduzido um inquérito com emprego de questionário aplicado pelo pesquisador em entrevistas individualizadas, com 381 pessoas maiores de vinte anos em onze ESF do município de Bebedouro-SP. A coleta de dados foi realizada no prazo de oito meses (Outubro de 2016 a Maio de 2017), com participantes que encontravam presentes no local, nos dias visitados, até atingir a cota amostral prevista para a unidade. Foram realizadas medidas antropométricas (peso, altura e IMC) e aplicado os questionários sobre estilo de vida e o socioeconômico e demográfico em todos os participantes. Observou-se predomínio dos participantes da faixa etária 20 - 39 anos (33,9%), do sexo feminino (74,5%), com ensino médio completo/superior incompleto (38,6%), classe econômica D-E (59,5%) hábito de sono menor que 6 horas/dia (41,5%) e sedentários (66,9%). Em relação ao consumo alimentar, a maioria consumia feijão todos os dias (33,6%), com diferença estatística significante entre adultos e idosos (limite inferior: 0,59 e limite superior: 0,03) e também na comparação do estado nutricional de sobrepeso e obesidade (limite inferior: 0,21 e limite superior: 1,37). Quanto ao estado nutricional, classificado de acordo com o índice de massa corporal, verificou-se que a maioria dos adultos apresentavam obesidade (43,5%) e sobrepeso (37,4%) e a maioria dos idosos (61,8%) sobrepeso. Em resumo, a população que mais frequenta as unidades de ESF do município estudado era do sexo feminino, da faixa etária dos 20 aos 39 anos, com vida sedentária, entretanto não faz ingestão de álcool e tabaco. O excesso de peso predominou nos adultos e idosos. / The lifestyle adopted by the population as poor diet, sedentary lifestyle and few hours of sleep can contribute to weight gain and consequently for the occurrence of chronic non-communicable diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status and identify the lifestyle of the adult population using the family health strategy in a municipality of the countryside of São Paulo State. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire applied by the researcher in individualized interviews, with 381 individuals aged twenty years or more, in eleven Family Health Strategies in the municipality of Bebedouro-SP. Data collection was carried out within eight months (October 2016 to May 2017), with participants who were present in the site, on the visited days, until to complete the sampling quota of the unit. Anthropometric measurements (weight, height and BMI) were performed, and a lifestyle and socioeconomic and demographic questionnaires were applied to all participants. Among participants, there was predominance of the categories age group 20 - 39 years old (33.9%), female (74.5%), married (50.9%), incomplete high school (38.6%), economic class D and E (59.5%), having a sleep habit of less than 6 hours / day (41.5%) and sedentary (66.9%). In relation to food consumption, most of the participants consumed beans every day 33.6%) with significant statistical difference between adults and the elderly (lower limit: 0.59 and upper limit: 0.03) and also in the comparison of the nutritional status of overweight and obesity (lower limit: 0.21 and upper limit superior: 1,37). In relation to the nutritional status, classified according to body mass index, the majority of adults were obese (43.5%) and overweight (37.4%) and the majority of elderly (61.8%) were overweight. In summary, the population that most visit the ESF units of the studied municipality was female, from the age group of 20 to 39 years old, with a sedentary life, but does not consume alcohol and tobacco. Excess weight predominated in adults and elderly.

The objective of my diploma thesis is to identify the seniors´concern about their own health in relation to their lifestyle and approach to prevention. On the basis of information given from the informants, we may claim senior population is aware of the importance of healthy lifestyle. However, they are not always capable of following each recommendation. Main problems contain especially the lack of physical activities as well as regular drinking. On the contrary, positive results were learnt in a preventive medical control research.

An individual’s personality traits and characteristics have been found to have an important relationship with health behaviors. However, there has been minimal research conducted with personality types. The purpose of the study was to examine the predictive relationship among MBTI® personality preferences and types and both selected health-promoting and selected risk-taking behaviors among residential college students. Furthermore, several potential mediating demographic variables were added to the study to determine their predictive relationship and if they should be entered into a model for the selected health behaviors. The study used a cross-sectional design with two self-report instruments and demographic questionnaire. The two self-report instruments were the MBTI® and the HPLP II. A systematic random sample was employed to obtain the sample of full-time residential college students. A total of 406 subjects voluntarily completed the instruments. The subjects ranged in age from 18 to 28 with 98.3% reporting traditional college age. Descriptive and inferential statistics with an alpha level of .05 were used for data analysis. The results revealed that models incorporating MBTI® personality preferences and types had a significant predictive relationship with nutrition, interpersonal relations, spiritual growth, physical activity, aggregate health-promoting lifestyle, alcohol use, binge drinking, and heavy drinking. However, the variance explained by the models for each behavior was consistently low with the one exception of interpersonal relations. Health-responsibility, stress management, and cigarette smoking could not be predicted by models integrating MBTI® personality preferences and types. Nonetheless, specific personality preferences and types did have a significant relationship with health-responsibility, stress management, and cigarette smoking. In conclusion, MBTI® personality preferences and types provided valuable insight into explaining several of the selected health behaviors. The results revealed personality preferences and type can be useful in health research. Given the popularity of the MBTI®, future research incorporating the MBTI® and various health behaviors may offer valuable information used by health professionals and counselors to modify health behaviors.

Studiens övergripande syfte var att utveckla kunskap om kvinnors erfarenheter av att i vuxen ålder drabbas av och leva med kroniskt nedsatt fysisk funktionsförmåga. Utöver studiens beskrivande och kunskapsgenererande syfte och frågeställningar hade denna även en ambition att bidra till utvecklingen av forskningsområdet ”hälsa och livsstil”. Studien baserades på aktiva intervjuer med fem kvinnor som i vuxen ålder drabbats av nedsatt funktionsförmåga, på grund av kronisk sjukdom eller skada. Analysen skedde i flera steg som successivt gav en breddad och fördjupad förståelse av kvinnornas berättelser. I ett första steg genomfördes en tematisk analys av innehållet i kvinnornas berättelser. Den tematiska analysen sammanfattades av hur kvinnorna själva genom olika retoriska stilgrepp betonade särskilt viktiga delar av sina berättelser. Det andra steget av analysen belyste berättelserna utifrån tidigare forskning och den symboliska interaktionismens perspektiv. Att studiens resultat relaterades till tidigare forskning och ett teoretiskt sammanhang ökade dess överförbarhet ytterligare. Studiens resultat låg i linje med tidigare forskning, det bekräftade bl.a. tidens betydelse under omställningen till ett liv med nedsatt funktionsförmåga, där kontrollen över livet återskapades genom planering av tillvaron så att krafterna räckte till det som upplevdes som mest angeläget, eller genom att krympa tiden till ett här och nu, och ta en dag i sänder och avskärma sig från osäkerheten inför framtiden. Det fanns även fynd som gick utöver vad tidigare forskning rapporterat. De kvinnor som ingick i studien rekonstruerade ur tidigare erfarenheter en ny identitet, med en livsstil i balans mellan omgivningen och den faktiska funktionsförmågan. Förhållanden som bidrog till en hälsosam livsstil var organiseringen i stödjande nätverk, och engagemang i ideella organisationer i vilka kvinnorna kunde uppleva den medkänsla som de stundtals sade sig sakna i mötet med vårdgivare och myndigheter. De kvinnor som medverkade i studien framstod som mer aktiva och kreativa än som var vanligt bland kvinnor med nedsatt funktionsförmåga i tidigare studier. Kvinnorna i studien berättade hur de tog initiativ till, planerade och genomförde längre livsprojekt, som satsningar på studier och eget företagande, vilket inte rapporterats vara vanligt i tidigare studier. Några kvinnor visade sin självständighet genom att inte villkorslöst acceptera vårdapparatens och myndigheternas beslut, utan motsatte sig sådant som motverkade deras strävan att förverkliga personliga mål. Kvinnorna stärkte självkänslan och utvecklade alternativa livsstilar och identiteter genom att ta vara på tidigare erfarenheter och ur dem konstruera nya livsstilar, präglade av relativ hälsa och välmående. Det skedde t.ex. genom att utveckla ett idrottsintresse i gemenskap med andra inom handikappidrotten, eller genom att vårda ett fräscht och ungdomligt utseende och bekräftas genom att medverka som modell vid modevisningar. Studiens resultat har betydelse för att stärka unga kvinnor, som drabbats av nedsatt funktionsförmåga i vuxenålder, men även för yrkesverksamma som möter kvinnor i samma situation och deras anhöriga. / The overall objective of the study is to develop an understanding oft he women’s experiences of suffering from and living with chronically reduced physical ability in adulthood. In addition to the study’s descriptive and knowledge-building objective, it also aims at helping towards developing research in the field of “health and lifestyle”. The study is based on active interviews with five women who have suffered from reduced physical abilities in adulthood, due to chronic disease or injury. The analyses were conducted over two stages that gradually provided a more in-depth understanding of the women’s stories. The first stage was to thematically analyse the content of the women’s stories. The thematic analyses was summarised by how the women personally, through various methods, emphasised specifically important parts of their stories. The second stage of the analyses used previous research and symbolic interaction perspectives. The study’s compatibility increased via the results of previous research and theoretical context. The results of the study were compatible with previous research, confirming such things as the significance of time while adapting to a life of reduced physical ability, where control over one’s life was restored either through planning day-to-day life, giving the individual enough energy for the essentials in life, or by compressing time to the here and now, taking one day at a time and shying away from the uncertainties of the future. There were also findings that exceeded what previous research had reported on. The women who took part in the study mapped out their social rights, and reconstructed an identity from previous experiences, with a lifestyle in balance between the world around them and their own expectations of their reduced physical abilities. Circumstances that contributed to a healthy lifestyle were women’s organising in social network and engaging in non-profit organisations, were they could experience the compassion that they sometimes felt was lacking when interacting with caregivers or governmental authorities. The women that took part in the study appeared more active and creative than was usual among women with reduced physical abilities from other studies. The women in the study explained how they took the initiative, planned and carried out extensive life projects, like study initiatives and starting businesses, which was not as common in previous studies. Some women displayed their independence by not unconditionally accepting healthcare and government authorities’ decisions, but opposed such things that were counter intuitive to their desire to realise personal objectives. The women bolstered their selfesteem and developed alternative lifestyles and identities by using previous experience, from which they could form new lifestyles, characterised by relative good health and wellbeing. This happened either by developing an interest for team sports with other athletes with disabilities, or by maintaining a fresh and youthful appearance, confirmed by modelling for a fashion show. The results of the study are important for strengthening women with impaired functional ability in adulthood, but also for professionals who meet women in the same situation and their relatives.

The thesis deals with the healthy lifestyle of Czech university students. The main objectives are to map the healthy lifestyle of Czech university students, especially to find out whether they follow the principles of healthy lifestyle, to find out their knowledge concerning this issue, to find out if there are any obstacles to follow the healthy lifestyle and to find out whether they know any projects supporting health and healthy lifestyle. In the theoretical part of the thesis the basic terms are defined. There is also introduced the system of public health in the Czech Republic, occurrence of non-communicable diseases caused by unhealthy lifestyle and risk factors causing these diseases. Practical part maps the healthy lifestyle of Czech university students and fulfills stated objectives by using questionnaire survey and data mining.