Prácticas de responsabilidad en salud en un grupo de estudiantes de la facultad de salud de una Universidad Pública desde la perspectiva de Nola Pender.

Abstract

Responsibility in health is the ability of an individual to carry out necessary activities that improve their quality of life, this is how it is also said that lifestyle is defined as the way in which people or groups acquire habits, attitudes, behaviors and decisions facing the various circumstances in which the human being develops in society and that are likely to be modified. Objective: To identify the practices of responsibility in health in a group of university students from the Faculty of Health from the perspective of Nola Pender's health promotion model. Methodology: Cross-sectional descriptive research, carried out in 2022-1, in a sample of 342 university students from the Faculty of Health, where through the Questionnaire of Lifestyles in University Youth, the dimension of responsibility in health was evaluated, inquiring about: practices , reasons for carrying out or not carrying out an internship, motivation for change and resources to carry them out. Results: In women, there are fewer self-care practices related to responsibility in health Conclusions: Most university students have an inadequate level of responsibility in reaction to their health, since the behavior of habits that benefit health is very little, since they do not attend health promotion and prevention programs, they are not informed in the media, they do not examine their body at least monthly to show possible physical changes or signs that they may present in relation to the state of their health, Much less do they seek advice or help from health professionals. There is a need to educate university students for their self-care as part of the process of comprehensive training