Objective: To develop effective interventions to improve children's health outcomes, it is of great importance to determine the health-related lifestyles of primary school-aged children and the factors that influence these lifestyles. The aim of this research was to identify the elements that influence primary school children's healthy lifestyle behaviors. Material and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. The research 1,240 primary school-aged children who met the inclusion criteria formed the sample of the study. Descriptive characteristics form and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Children Scale (HLBCS) were used. Data collection was carried out in the school-aged children's own classrooms using face-to-face data collection technique. Analysis of variance, t-test, and multiple linear regression analysis was used. Results: Female school-aged children, school-aged children's whose parents are living, school-aged children whose mother has a university education, whose father has a high school or university education, who has a good economic situation and who does not have an overweight family member, have significantly higher mean HLBCS scores. Conclusion: It was shown that primary school-aged children had a good level of lifestyle behaviors. The most important predictors affecting lifestyle behaviors were gender, mother's education level, income level and class level. To improve school-aged children's lifestyle behaviors, it is important to provide education on physical activity, nutrition, hygiene and sleep by the school nurse.
Keywords: Healthy lifestyle; health behavior; child health; school health; school health nursing
Amaç: Çocukların sağlık sonuçlarını iyileştirmeye yönelik etkili müdahaleler geliştirmek için, ilkokul çağındaki çocukların sağlıkla ilgili yaşam biçimlerini ve bu yaşam biçimlerini etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek büyük önem taşımaktadır. Bu araştırmanın amacı, ilkokul çağındaki çocukların sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarını etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu araştırma kesitseldir. Araştırmanın örneklemini 1.240 ilkokul çağındaki çocuk oluşturmaktadır. Tanımlayıcı Özellikler Formu ve Çocuklarda Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Veri toplama, okul çağı çocuklarının kendi sınıflarında yüz yüze veri toplama tekniği kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Varyans analizi, t-testi ve çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Kız öğrencilerin, anne ve babası hayatta olan öğrencilerin, annesi üniversite eğitimi almış olan öğrencilerin, babası lise veya üniversite eğitimi almış olan öğrencilerin, ekonomik durumu iyi olan öğrencilerin ve ailesinde aşırı kilolu birey olmayan öğrencilerin Çocuklarda Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Ölçeği puan ortalamaları anlamlı düzeyde daha yüksektir. Sonuç: İlkokul çağı çocuklarının iyi düzeyde yaşam biçimi davranışlarına sahip olduğu gösterilmiştir. Yaşam biçimi davranışlarını etkileyen en önemli yordayıcılar cinsiyet, anne eğitim düzeyi, gelir düzeyi ve sınıf düzeyidir. Çocukların yaşam biçimi davranışlarını geliştirmek için okul hemşiresi tarafından fiziksel aktivite, beslenme, hijyen ve uyku konularında eğitim verilmesi önemlidir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Sağlıklı yaşam biçimi; sağlık davranışı; çocuk sağlığı; okul sağlığı; okul sağlığı hemşireliği
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