Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Jul 2010
LetterTemporal changes in psychobehavioral responses during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
This paper aimed to examine the temporal changes in psychobehavioral responses in relation to reported 2009 H1N1 influenza deaths. ⋯ These temporal trends provide important guidance toward health promotion and prevention initiatives in future outbreaks.
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Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours have been identified as a problem amongst students. This present study investigated the prevalence and clustering of five lifestyle risk factors within a UK Higher Education (HE) institution during the period of April-May in 2008. ⋯ Students' health lifestyles are of concern. The tendency for specific health lifestyle factors to aggregate in clusters has important implications for health promotion within this environment.