Health-oriented behaviours of secondary school students – a student and teacher evaluation
Health-oriented behaviours of secondary school students – a student and teacher evaluation

Summary/Abstract: Background: Health-oriented behaviours are actions taken to promote health and to prevent illness. Theseare behaviours whose purpose is to improve the environment around the human being, and thus to create conditionsconducive to healthy living.Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to investigate the real patterns of health-oriented behaviours amonghigh school students and to evaluate these behaviours in students and teachers.Material and methods: The study included 100 students (16–19 years of age) attending a general secondaryschool and 30 teachers employed at the same institution. The author chose to conduct a diagnostic survey withthe use of a questionnaire. The research tool used in the study was a questionnaire prepared by the author, containing12 questions, addressed to both students and teachers. The questionnaire was based on four researchthemes: eating habits of high school students, frequency with which they undertake physical activity, mannersof dealing with stress, and ways in which they affect the behavior of their peers.Results: The results of the study indicate that young people of today are more aware of health-oriented behaviors.Studies have shown that 92% (92) of students are physically active, 77% (77) consider they have healthyeating habits; 90% (90) of the students stated that they cope with stress by listening to music and taking partin sport. The vast majority (as many as 84% (84)), think that stimulants are very harmful. The teachers consideredthat most of the students have healthy habits.Conclusions: The knowledge of high school students about health-oriented behaviors is satisfactory. Most studentsput this knowledge into practice through physical activity, healthy eating, avoiding drugs, and findingways to cope with stress. According to the teachers, students are fully aware of positive and negative phenomenarelated to health and of how they can affect them.

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