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dc.contributor.authorPurcell, C
dc.contributor.authorMoyle, W
dc.contributor.authorEvans, K
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:41:30Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:41:30Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2013-05-27T23:37:42Z
dc.identifier.issn1037-6178
dc.identifier.doi10.5172/conu.2006.23.1.100
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/14150
dc.description.abstractSo-called diseases of affluence, otherwise known as 'lifestyle diseases', are attributed to modifiable risk factors that are influenced by lifestyle and personal behaviour. Leading by example is an important way for public health principles to be communicated. In the university context, students of nursing can become aware of the challenge to integrate and apply health principles in their own life so that they become responsible health leaders in the community. The aim of this study was to explore the incidence of a number of behaviour-associated health risk factors within a group of undergraduate nursing students. Ninety-four students participated in the study. Seventy-seven students (82%) reported the presence of at least one modifiable health risk factor. Forty-four percent of respondents were either overweight or obese. Further research to explore whether a health promoting curriculum encourages nursing students to internalise/apply health knowledge to their own lives is recommended. A campaign of public health might be useful within the university community to educate students about risk factors and healthy living.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publishereContent Management
dc.publisher.placeMaleny, Australia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom100
dc.relation.ispartofpageto110
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalContemporary Nurse
dc.relation.ispartofvolume23
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.titleAn exploration of modifiable health associated risk factors within a cohort of undergraduate nursing students
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
gro.rights.copyright© 2006 e-Content Management Pty Ltd. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorMoyle, Wendy


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