Comparative Study of Adolescent’s Lifestyle: Behavior and Daily Habits in Rural and Urban Areas
louka, seham; Hanan I. Ahmed;
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Adolescence is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood, and it occupies a crucial position in the life of human beings. It is marked by profound physical, emotional, mental and social changes. The aim of this study was to compare the adolescent students’ lifestyle (behavior and daily habits) in rural and urban areas. The subjects under study (741) included; rural (320) and urban (421) governmental preparatory schools students in El-Khosous Village Qaliubeyia Governorate and Shoubra Educational District in Cairo city. For data collection, two tools were used: 1) A self-administrative questionnaire for assessing adolescent students’ socio-demographic characteristics, health problems, life style (behavior and daily habits) and 2) Physical examination for assessing students’ body mass index (BMI). The results revealed that there were highly statistically significant differences between urban and rural areas, as regards socio-demographic characteristics for adolescent students and their parents. .ِِAdolescent students are suffering from many health problems such as bronchial asthma, wounds and fractures are the most common accidents for adolescents. Circumcision; was a widespread social Egyptian habit between females adolescents. Related to exercise most of males in urban and rural areas were practicing walking and running. Adolescent life-style for nutritional patterns was better in urban than rural areas, but the difference was not statistically significant. There was highly a statistically significant difference between urban and rural areas regarding to BMI. The study recommended that parents counseling in schools should be encouraged; and an intervention educational program should be designed about Egyptian adolescents’ positive lifestyle. The study also recommended the establishment of counseling clinics to help parents solve their adolescent problems
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| Title | Comparative Study of Adolescent’s Lifestyle: Behavior and Daily Habits in Rural and Urban Areas | Authors | louka, seham ; Hanan I. Ahmed | Keywords | Adolescent, Urban and Rural areas, Lifestyle, Health needs, Problems, School Health | Issue Date | Sep-2006 | Publisher | seham Guirguis | Journal | المجلة العلمية لكلية طب الأزهر بنات | Series/Report no. | 27;3 | Description | Adolescence is the period of life that begins with the appearance of secondary sex characteristics and ends with cessation of growth and achievement of emotional maturity. The term comes from the Latin word “adolescere”, meaning “to grow up into maturity”. Adolescence can be thought of as involving three distinct sub-phases. The first phase is “early adolescence phase”, which is from 11 to <14 years. This is characterized primarily by the changes of puberty and responses to those changes. The second phase “middle adolescence phase”, which is from 14 to <17 years, and is characterized by transition to a dominant peer orientation, with all the stereotypical adolescent preoccupations of music, dress and appearance, language, and behavior. The third phase is “Late adolescence phase” which is from 17-20 years, this involves transition into adulthood, including taking an adult work roles and developing adult relationships |
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