The Predictive Factors of 3E2S Health Behaviors among Health Science Students at Ubon Ratchathani University
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This descriptive study aimed to examine 3E2S health behaviors and their predictive factors among health science students at Ubon Ratchathani University. The sample comprised 169 undergraduate students selected through quota sampling proportional to each health science discipline. Research instruments included questionnaires on personal information, predisposing factors, enabling factors, reinforcing factors, and 3E2S health behaviors, with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of .95, .84, .93, and .89, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression.
The results showed that students’ 3E2S health behaviors were at a high level (M = 3.98, SD = .68). Significant predictors included health responsibility (Beta = .331, p < .01), social support (Beta = .328, p < .01), health literacy (Beta = .037, p < .05), and access to health information and resources (Beta = –.185, p < .05). Together, these variables explained 53.20% of the variance in 3E2S health behaviors (R²adj = .532, p < .05).
These findings suggest that educational administrators should prioritize enhancing health literacy, promoting personal health responsibility, and fostering a supportive learning environment to encourage appropriate and sustainable health behaviors among health science students.
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