한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지 (The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education)
- 제11권1호
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- Pages.79-91
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- 2010
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- 1975-7697(pISSN)
대학생의 건강생활 실천 및 대학보건실 활용 수준에 관한 연구
Health Behavior and Utilization of University Health Clinics
- Kim, Young-Bok (Department of Health Promotion, College of Humanities, Daegu University) ;
- Park, Chun-Man (Department of Public Health, College of Natural Sciences, Keimyung University) ;
- Kim, Hyun-Hee (Department of Public Health, College of Natural Sciences, Keimyung University) ;
- Han, Chang-Hyun (Department of Health Care Administration, Kyungdong College of Techno-information)
- 투고 : 2010.05.30
- 심사 : 2010.06.14
- 발행 : 2010.06.30
초록
Objectives: This study was conducted to analyze health behavior and utilization of university health clinics by college and university students. Methods: There are 376 colleges and universities in Korea as of May 2007. Of them 243 (69.6%) run health clinics in their campuses. Twenty of them were selected and 1,754 students were surveyed by using self reporting questionnaires. The data collected were analyzed by SPSS ver. 12.0. Results: Out of 1,754 students 56.5% were in good health. Of the subjects 15.6% were cigarette smokers, 30% were non drinkers, 20.8% exercise regularly, 53.7% sleep for seven to eight hours a day, 48% had proper body weight (BMI) 20-25) and 20% had physical examination in the past two years. The scores of health practices were higher in male students than female students (P 0.05). Perception rates of university clinics were higher in female students than male students. (P 0.01). Many students have intention to use the clinics (P 0.01). On health promotion program 35.2% of the subjects used clinics for emergency service, 32.8% participated in drinking control program, 32.8% in smoking cessation program, 20.4% in immunization program and 19.2% in regular health screening program. Conclusions: Comprehensive data for health behavior and need of health promotion services by the students should be collected regularly in order to meet the needs of students and faculty members in higher education institutes. The university authorities should pay more attention on the activities of health clinics in order to promote health of the students.