Development of healthy lifestyles in the university of a public institution of Peru

Abstract

This study aimed to design and implement an intervention program for the development of healthy lifestyles in university students of a public institution of Peru 2018, which included carrying out a pre-test by applying a questionnaire, obtaining a baseline where we allowed to know the needs of young university students regarding healthy lifestyles, then the program was applied through sequential educational sessions aimed at nutrition, physical activity, health responsibility, stress management and interpersonal relationships and finally applied a post test The results of the average scores obtained from the program before and after the intervention on the lifestyles of the sample under study indicate that there is a very significant difference between the two. On the nutrition scale, before the intervention it was 1.77 and after the intervention 2.43. On the scale of physical activity before the intervention 1.54 and after the intervention 2.75. On the scale of responsibility in your health before the intervention 1.49 and after the intervention 2.82. On the stress management scale before the intervention 1.52 and after the intervention 2.88. On the scale of interpersonal relations before the intervention 1.65 and after the intervention 2.99, with a value of p = , 000 according to the statistical test of chi square. Therefore, the research hypothesis “The development of the healthy lifestyle program in university students of a public institution in Peru will improve their quality of life is approved.