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Factors that influence health behaviors among Middle Eastern college women in the United States
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Factors that influence health behaviors among Middle Eastern college women in the United States
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1954
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Study Purpose: We know there are problematic health behaviors among college students. College students are faced with adjustments in academic workload, social pressures, anxiety, and changes in supportive networks. It is also known that in the United States, problematic health behaviors exist among immigrant populations. Therefore, health behaviors among immigrant college students may also be impacted by social exclusion, socioeconomic status, and access to health care services. Studies report health behaviors among college students in American colleges; however, we know very little about Middle Eastern college students in the United States. Despite Middle Eastern population growth in the US, little is known about the Middle Eastern community; more specifically, little is known about Middle Eastern college women in the United States. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the rates and correlates of health behaviors among Middle Eastern college women in the United States.
Methodology: This descriptive correlational study examined the rates and correlates of health behaviors among Middle Eastern college women in the United States.
Analysis: Statistical analysis tested the hypothesis and built predictive models of factors associated with health behaviors among the study sample. The analysis proceeded in three stages. The first stage consisted of descriptive (univariate) analysis. The second stage consisted of bivariate analysis. Chi-square was used to examine the effect of the categorical predictors on health behaviors. The t-test was used to examine the effect of continuous predictors on health behaviors. The third stage consisted of hierarchical multivariate regression analysis, which built models of the predictors.
Results: Four hundred and six Middle Eastern college women participated in the study. Findings address factors that influence health behaviors in this population, including individual, sociocultural, and access to care.
Conclusion: Policy implications for program interventions were identified to address risky health behaviors. The benefits derived from the study findings have provided us with implications for policy, practice, and future research. The study design, integrative theoretical model, and findings contribute to the current literature, which is lacking in data related to factors that influence health behaviors among this population.
Methodology: This descriptive correlational study examined the rates and correlates of health behaviors among Middle Eastern college women in the United States.
Analysis: Statistical analysis tested the hypothesis and built predictive models of factors associated with health behaviors among the study sample. The analysis proceeded in three stages. The first stage consisted of descriptive (univariate) analysis. The second stage consisted of bivariate analysis. Chi-square was used to examine the effect of the categorical predictors on health behaviors. The t-test was used to examine the effect of continuous predictors on health behaviors. The third stage consisted of hierarchical multivariate regression analysis, which built models of the predictors.
Results: Four hundred and six Middle Eastern college women participated in the study. Findings address factors that influence health behaviors in this population, including individual, sociocultural, and access to care.
Conclusion: Policy implications for program interventions were identified to address risky health behaviors. The benefits derived from the study findings have provided us with implications for policy, practice, and future research. The study design, integrative theoretical model, and findings contribute to the current literature, which is lacking in data related to factors that influence health behaviors among this population.
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Arab American women
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Urban Systems
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