일 고등학교 학생들의 건강증진행위와 관련요인 = Health Promoting Behaviors and its Related Factors Among Students in a High Shool

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Background and Objectives: Little is known about the health promoting behaviors of adolescence. The purposes of this study were to identify healthUpromoting behaviors of high school students and to explore the predictors of their health-promoting behaviors. Method: A crossUsectional study was conducted. Data were collected from 751 students in a technical high school located in G city using a structured questionnaire. Results: High school students in this study practice health promoting behaviors relatively well. Among 6 dimensions, students reported the highest score on the interpersonal relationship dimension and the lowest score on the health responsibility dimension. Of 751 respondents, 26.2% was current smokers and 64.6% was current drinkers. Health-promoting behaviors were predicted by selfUeff'icacy, family support, school life adaptation, and gender. Students who reported higher self-efficacy, higher family support, and higher school life adaptation practice more health promoting behaviors than their counterparts. Moreover, boys reported higher health promoting behavior scores than girls, Conclusion: Health promotion programs to increase health responsibility of high school students are need to be developed. There were great needs to develops tobacco cessation and drink control programs. More studies are needed to identify predictors of high school students' health promoting behaviors.