The lifestyle behaviours and psychosocial well‐being of primary school students in Hong Kong

Abstract

School nurses should assess health needs across the school-age population and develop programmes to address these overall needs. School nurses are needed to cater for the needs of students, particularly boys, to establish health programmes for lifelong healthy lifestyles and psychosocial well-being and to monitor their health status.

Characteristics of family nucleus as correlates of regular participation in sports among adolescents

“…This discrepancy between the abovementioned studies and our results might be explained by the fact that in the present study only sport activities during leisure time were taken into account, excluding other physical activity domains. However, our rate is also markedly lower than those 46.1% observed in primary school student in Hong Kong participants in organized sports (Lee et al 2010). Thus, the low number of adolescents engaged in sport practice during leisure times observed in this particular population shows that preventive actions should be taken as an important matter for public health organizations.…”

Hand Hygiene Intervention Strategies to Reduce Diarrhoea and Respiratory Infections among Schoolchildren in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review

“…Because lifestyle and behavioural choices are made in childhood, it is important that health education about hand hygiene be introduced very early to influence healthy behaviours [2]. This is possible to achieve in children because their poor hygiene habits are less established, unlike adults, whose habits are firmly grounded and difficult or unlikely to change [3].…”

Lifestyle behaviours and psychosocial well‐being of Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China: a cross‐sectional comparative survey

“…In addition, no study has applied a standardised scale to such an investigation. The Adolescent Lifestyle Questionnaire (ALQ) has been developed and is commonly used for measuring Chinese adolescent lifestyle behaviours in Hong Kong (Lee 2009, Lee et al. 2010).…”

“…By 2000, over 100 million people in China were migrants (Duan & Zhou 2005). For many, adolescence can be a troubled time when individuals must cope with stress management, mental health issues and risk‐taking behaviours (Lee & Loke 2005, Lee et al. 2010).…”