HEALTH BEHAVIOURS IN SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND QUALITY OF LIFE

Dilaksanakan 5th International Conference on Public Health, Hotel Dorsett Grand Subang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia menjadi Konferensi Internasional yang inovatif dan informatif yang mencerminkan arah Kesehatan Masyarakat sambil menawarkan berbagai macam pengalihan kepada peserta dari semua latar belakang. Akademisi terkemuka, mahasiswa kedokteran, dokter, profesional kesehatan masyarakat, spesialis perawatan kesehatan, pekerja perawatan kesehatan, ekonom kesehatan, peneliti terkemuka, ilmuwan, pekerja kesehatan, pembuat kebijakan, pekerja sosial dan profesional terkait lainnya dipersilakan untuk berbagi pengetahuan dan pengalaman mereka di bidang Kesehatan Masyarakat. Penyelenggaraan Konferensi ICOPH ke-5 menyediakan platform untuk interaksi dan pengembangan kolaborasi lintas sektor potensial dan memperkuat kemitraan saat ini dalam memerangi masalah nutrisi kesehatan masyarakat di kawasan Asia Tenggara dan secara global.


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Statement of the Problem: Health behaviours currently are associated with better quality of life. School-age Children is at risk period to adapt their environment in doing healthy risk behaviours. This observational study was to describe the health behaviours and examine the associations with quality of life from School-age children. Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: Health behaviours (i.e., eating habit, physical activity, smoking, drinking alcohol, sexual behaviour, violence, school behaviour, and social life) were examined at 200 School-age Children in Junior High School 01 Teluk Naga Tangerang using Indonesian Health Behaviour School-age Children questionnaire, and also using PedsQL Questionnaire, which measures 4 domains of quality of life (physical functions, mental status, social and school functions). Findings: School-age children showed high prevalence of eating habit (n = 65%), less physical activity (38.5%), smoking (n = 23.5%), drinking alcohol (n = 27.5%), sexual behavior (31.0%), violence (45%), economy status (32.5%), school perception (26.5%), and social life (31.5%). In addition, this study revealed that school-age children have prevalence in good physical functions (47%), mental status (42%), social (58%) and school functions (43.5%). In a multivariate model, health behaviours (physical activity, smoking, sexual behaviour, social activity and violence) (P<0.05) were dominantly correlated with quality of life. Conclusion & Significance: The current study provides significant information on how health risk behavior influenced the quality of life and this study has the potential to develop better health education and promotion program in school-age children

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