Beijing health promoting universities

Practice and evaluation

Bibliographic Data

ID22944657
AuthorsTian Xiangyang (Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention, corresponding author), Zhou Lan (0000-0002-6241-5573), Mao Xueping, Mao Xue-ping, Zhao Tao, Song Yuzhen, Yuzhen Song, Marta Jagusztyn
Year2003
Volume18
Issue2
Pages107-113
Publication date2003-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/18.2.107
PMID12746382
OpenAlexW2118024892
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited9

The aims of this study were to create a health promoting university within the framework of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Strategies included reforming and issuing healthy policies, creating a healthy physical and social environment, developing personal health skills, reorienting the health services, and implementing intervention activities. To evaluate the study, 180 students and 120 teaching/administrative staff were sampled for an in-depth interview with open-ended questions administered 1 year after the launch of the project. To assess health knowledge and behavior, 2500 students were sampled to answer a questionnaire, both prior to and following project implementation. With respect to policies, environment and health services, 166 students and 117 teaching and administrative staff participated in the in-depth interview. Approximately three-quarters (75.90%) of university students considered that the physical environment of the campus had improved significantly and 83.73% reported they had a good social environment. All university administration departments made commitments to health promotion. Consultations on mental health, smoking cessation and STD/AIDS prevention were provided all year round. Health education was included in a curriculum as a selective course with 1-2 credits. Almost two-thirds (60.66%) of teaching/administrative staff reported that they had had a yearly physical examination. In the final stages of the research, significantly more college students reported improved mental health (38.25% compared with 17.93% at baseline) (p < 0.01) and more were knowledgeable about transmission of STDs/AIDS (57.00/35.50% compared with 51.66/28.20% at baseline, respectively) (p < 0.01). Significantly less regular smokers were found (45% compared with 15.81% at baseline) (p < 0.01). However, there was a significant increase in high-fat food intake (44.81% compared with 49.50%) (p < 0.01) and pre-marital sex (5.11% compared with 14.00%), and a significant decrease in physical exercise participation (29.41% compared with 23.50%) (p < 0.01). As a health promotion setting, the university community can benefit greatly from implementing health promotion campaigns based on the principles of the Ottawa Charter.

Baseline (sea) · Beijing · Charter · China · Curriculum · Health education · Health promotion · Intervention (counseling) · Medical education · Mental health · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychiatry · Public health · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Nursing · Philosophy and Education Pedagogy · Psychology · School Health and Nursing Education

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