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. 2013 Jun;2(1):34-8.
doi: 10.5812/ijhrba.8842. Epub 2013 Jun 26.

Health behaviors of a sample of adolescents in bandar abbas, iran

Teamur Aghamolaei  1 , Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian  2
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Health behaviors of a sample of adolescents in bandar abbas, iran

Teamur Aghamolaei et al. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2013 Jun.

Abstract

Background: Health promotion for adolescents has become a research priority worldwide and life at school offers a good opportunity to establish health promoting behavior among this age group.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate health behaviors of a sample of adolescents in Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Materials and methods: Totally, 410 students including 204 males and 206 females studying in grades 9 to 12 and aged between 15-18 years old were studied. The instruments used to collect data were a self administered demographic questionnaire and the scale of Adolescent Health Promotion (AHP).

Results: The mean age of participants was 16.5 (SD = 1.34) years. The mean score of Adolescent Health Promotion (AHP) scale was 64.8 (SD = 8.9) ranging from 34.3 to 89.9. Female students scored significantly higher for health-responsibility, life-appreciation, and stress-management than male students (P < 0.05). In contrast, male students scored higher scores on exercise behavior than female (P < 0.05). All dimensions of AHP scale except for nutrition behavior and social support was associated with gender and nutrition behavior was associated with age (P < 0.05).

Conclusions: This study indicated that sedentary life style and physical inactivity is a common and serious problem among high school students of Bandar Abbas.

Keywords: Adolescent; Health Behavior; Iran.

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