title: Differences in health promoting lifestyle behavior of health management students based upon early diagnosis coverage in a cancer course.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This is a descriptive study to determine whether coursework that is focused on early diagnosis in cancer makes a difference in self-reported health promoting lifestyle behavior of students who study health management.
  
  
  METHODS
  The population of the study consisted of a sample of 104 students enrolled in the Department of Health Management at the Faculty of Health in Kirikkale University in Turkey. Forty- eight students enrolled in a course called "Early Diagnosis of Cancer" and fifty-six did not take this course. Demographic information was collected and the "Health Promotion Life-Style Profile (HPLP) " was used to collect health promotion data. Frequency and descriptive statistics including one-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis tests were used to evaluate data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The HPLP mean score of the students was found to be 127.5±17.45. The highest mean score was observed for self-fulfillment and health responsibility, while the lowest was for diet and exercise sub-scales. It was found that certain variables were effective in developing health promoting lifestyle behaviors such as choosing this job voluntarily, working status of father and participation in social activity (p<0.05). In conclusion, it was found that the students had moderate levels of health promoting lifestyle behavior and they should be supported in terms of diet and exercise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kirikkale University, Turkey E-mail : ozverenhusna@gmail.com.tr.
authors.forename: Husna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozveren
authors.forename: Birgul
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cerit
authors.forename: Nesime Guzel
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Ertop
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D004032:Diet; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013334:Students; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult