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Abstract
Lifestyles are patterns of behavior or ways an individual typically lives. These patterns reflect his or her values and beliefs. The World Health Organization points out that 60% of the quality of an individual’s health and life depends on his/her behavior and lifestyle. Also, WHO estimates that 70% of premature deaths among adults are due to behavior (smoking, illicit drug use, reckless driving) initiated during adolescence. Moreover, numerous publications have shown that practicing health promotion behaviors decreases the occurrence of disease and lowers the death rate. A good health-promoting behavior depends on the living habits adopted during early years. Therefore, adolescence is a gate way to health promotion since key behavior patterns that influence health and longevity have their origin in adolescence.
The aim of the study is to determine lifestyle of preparatory schools students at urban and rural Qena city.
A descriptive design was conducted in this study. 10 preparatory schools out of 71 schools (15 urban & 56 rural) were randomly selected, 5 from urban center and 5 preparatory schools from rural areas affiliated with that center. 60 students were selected from each school; one class from each grade was selected randomly from the above mentioned schools. Also, 20 students were selected by systematic random sampling technique from each class chosen during the academic year (2011-2012). The total sample was 600 of students from both sexes. However, students with chronic diseases were excluded.
Lifestyle of Preparatory School Student Structured Questionnaire, tool was developed by the researcher after reviewing of the literature to determine the lifestyle of students. It will include two parts: Part I: Socio-demographic data of preparatory school students.Part II: Lifestyle. Which include behavior patterns (dietary behaviors, physical exercise, personal hygiene, routine checkups, sleeping pattern, smoking and substance abuse, exposure to violence, injury and accidents, safety measures, the problems facing students. Also, include leisure time activities and social relations.