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Multilevel Analysis of the Risk Factors in High-Risk Health Behavior among Korean Adolescents

OBJECTIVES: To examine health behaviors among Korean adolescents with a focus on both individual and school-based factors, specifically in relation to predictors of high-risk groups. METHODS: Secondary data analysis was conducted with data from the 8th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey, usi...

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Autor principal: Kim, Eun Gyeong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5831686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29503799
http://dx.doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.1.02
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description OBJECTIVES: To examine health behaviors among Korean adolescents with a focus on both individual and school-based factors, specifically in relation to predictors of high-risk groups. METHODS: Secondary data analysis was conducted with data from the 8th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey, using descriptive statistics, t tests, χ(2) test, and multilevel logistic regression analysis. Health Practice Index was calculated and a range of 0 to 2 was classified as a high-risk group. RESULTS: The results revealed that the individual-level variables of sex, age, stress, depression, subjective health status, school performance, health education, father’s level of education, and living situation were significant predictors of high-risk behaviors. The risk was greater in girls, greater with higher age and higher stress scores, greater in adolescents with depression, greater with lower paternal educational level, and greater in adolescents who did not live with both parents, as were the school-level variables of school grade and school affluence score. The possibility of being in the high-risk group in health behavior was greater if a student attended a school where the Family Affluence Score (FAS) was lower. CONCLUSION: School health education should be expanded to manage students’ high-risk health behaviors, especially in schools that have many students from families with a low affluence status.
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spelling pubmed-58316862018-03-02 Multilevel Analysis of the Risk Factors in High-Risk Health Behavior among Korean Adolescents Kim, Eun Gyeong Osong Public Health Res Perspect Original Article OBJECTIVES: To examine health behaviors among Korean adolescents with a focus on both individual and school-based factors, specifically in relation to predictors of high-risk groups. METHODS: Secondary data analysis was conducted with data from the 8th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey, using descriptive statistics, t tests, χ(2) test, and multilevel logistic regression analysis. Health Practice Index was calculated and a range of 0 to 2 was classified as a high-risk group. RESULTS: The results revealed that the individual-level variables of sex, age, stress, depression, subjective health status, school performance, health education, father’s level of education, and living situation were significant predictors of high-risk behaviors. The risk was greater in girls, greater with higher age and higher stress scores, greater in adolescents with depression, greater with lower paternal educational level, and greater in adolescents who did not live with both parents, as were the school-level variables of school grade and school affluence score. The possibility of being in the high-risk group in health behavior was greater if a student attended a school where the Family Affluence Score (FAS) was lower. CONCLUSION: School health education should be expanded to manage students’ high-risk health behaviors, especially in schools that have many students from families with a low affluence status. Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5831686/ /pubmed/29503799 http://dx.doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.1.02 Text en Copyright ©2018, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Multilevel Analysis of the Risk Factors in High-Risk Health Behavior among Korean Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Multilevel Analysis of the Risk Factors in High-Risk Health Behavior among Korean Adolescents
title_short Multilevel Analysis of the Risk Factors in High-Risk Health Behavior among Korean Adolescents
title_sort multilevel analysis of the risk factors in high-risk health behavior among korean adolescents
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5831686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29503799
http://dx.doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.1.02
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