A healthy lifestyle determines a person's long-term health more than any other behaviour. A lifetime of health education should begin during childhood and carry on throughout adolescence. In Hong Kong, however, health education for young people in secondary schools is limited to biology and physical education lesson. As a result of less attention paid to lifestyle and health consciousness, serious health problems can ensue. This study will investigate the experience of Hong Kong young people (N=150) with regard to health education, their actual lifestyles and attempt to identify the predictors of health behaviour. The data and results obtained will be crucial for designing an effective health promotion programme for young people in the future.
健康的生活模式，比任何其他行為更能影響人的長遠健康；因此終身的健康教育，應由童年開始延伸至青年期。可是，香港中學普遍缺乏健教；只有「生物」及「體育」課是跟健教有關的。忽視生活模式及健康意識，可帶來嚴重的健康問題。本研究收集了150名香港年青人接受健康教育的經驗，以及他們的實際生活模式。研究所得資料，對將來設計一套推動青年健康教育的策略非常重要。
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