Health-promoting behaviors and psychosocial well-being of university students in Hong Kong

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-220

  Lee, Regina L T ^a   Loke, Alice J T Yuen ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Health promoting behaviors; Psychosocial well being; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENDER; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SAMPLING; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; VEGETABLE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 21644442708     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220304.x     Document Type: Article

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