Keywords

Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Healthy Lifestyle, Nursing Education, Nursing Students

 

Authors

  1. Damayanti, Made Rini
  2. Antari, Gusti Ayu Ary
  3. Dino, Michael Joseph S.
  4. Ong, Irvin L.
  5. Prapti, Ni Ketut Guru

Abstract

AIM: We examined health-promoting lifestyle in undergraduate nursing students and its potential as a predictor of health-promoting behaviors and basis for curriculum improvement.

 

BACKGROUND: A health-promoting lifestyle is essential among students for their future nursing roles. Development requires the internalization of healthy behaviors beyond the cognitive learning domain.

 

METHOD: Guided by Pender's health promotion model, this multisite, cross-sectional, and descriptive-correlational study surveyed 1,634 undergraduate nursing students in Bali, Indonesia.

 

RESULTS: The regression analysis revealed that student profiles explained the 5 percent variation in their overall health-promoting lifestyle. Perceived health status was observed to be a significant predictor (p < .05) of health-promoting behaviors among a diverse sample of undergraduate nursing students.

 

CONCLUSION: The study findings emphasize the role of nursing education in instilling healthy behaviors among undergraduate students and the importance of integrating student-centered and context-responsive health promotion strategies into the nursing curriculum.