Health-related lifestyles in young adults are a public health concern because they affect the risk for developing noncommunicable diseases. Although unhealthy lifestyles tend to cluster together, most studies have analyzed their effects as independent factors. This study assessed the prevalence, association, and clustering of health-related lifestyles (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and quality of diet) among university students. This cross-sectional study examined a sample of student participants from the University of the Balearic Islands (n = 444; 67.8% females; mean age: 23.1 years). A self-reported questionnaire was used to assess health-related lifestyles. Men that consumed more alcohol, had less healthy diets, were more likely to be overweight, and performed more physical activity. Women had a higher prevalence of low weight and performed less physical activity. Physical activity had a negative association with time using a computer (OR: 0.85; 95% CI: 0.76, 0.95) and a positive association with adherence to the Mediterranean diet (OR: 1.16; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.32). Adherence to the Mediterranean diet had a negative association with tobacco consumption (OR: 0.52; 95% CI: 0.30, 0.91), and positive associations with having breakfast every day (OR: 1.70; 95% CI: 1.05, 2.76) and consuming more daily meals (OR: 1.43; 95% CI: 1.10, 1.87). Cluster analysis indicated the presence of three distinct groups: Unhealthy lifestyles with moderate risk; unhealthy lifestyles with high risk; and healthy lifestyles with low risk. Health promotion interventions in the university environment that focus on multiple lifestyles could have a greater effect than interventions that target any single lifestyle.
• 165 • Resumen:No se puede negar el impacto que tiene sobre las conductas sexuales, así como sobre las relaciones de género, la "nueva pornografía" distribuida por internet. Para intentar conocer este problema hemos realizado un estudio con un enfoque, teórico y empírico bien fundamentado. En cuanto a la metodología, el estudio fue diseñado para obtener una muestra de actividades en la esfera privada, en relación al consumo de pornografía en internet, diferenciadas por género. Entre los resultados y conclusiones podemos destacar: 1) la pornografía en internet puede influir sobre las actitudes sexuales, valores morales y actividad sexual de los juventud; 2) los varones son los grandes consumidores de pornografía en internet y los que presionan más en el cambio de las prácticas sexuales, y 3) el fácil acceso a la pornografía en internet forma parte de un entorno altamente sexualizado.Palabras clave: Nueva pornografía, ritualización, habitus, esquemas de percepción, prácticas sexuales, prostitución.
Family prevention programs need to be evidence-based in order to guarantee the success of their implementation. The Family Competence Program (FCP), a Spanish cultural adaptation of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP), has developed different measures and processes to gauge the quality of the implementation. This article is dedicated specifically to two of these measures: the evaluation of the facilitators and the assessment of the family engagement techniques. For evaluating the facilitators, a Delphi technique with experts and professionals is undertaken. For assessing the family techniques, both self-evaluation of trainers and evaluation by families are used. Finding underpin that, in the case of facilitators, is important that, after to skills and experience, they need to understand the theory of change of the program. In the case of family engagement techniques, more detailed, comprehensive talks, discussions and group activities lead to better family engagement outcomes.
In the research about evidence-based, family-centric prevention programs, there are several bibliographies related to program contents and family results. Yet, less information is found about program facilitators, who are key to effective implementation and delivery of these programs. To identify the principal qualities that define a good facilitator, as well as the best methodologies for assessing the facilitators' work, a consensus-building process between 16 experts-the Delphi technique-was employed. The Delphi approach included a baseline document and a questionnaire about facilitators and evaluation methodologies for assessing their role in family-centric prevention programs. The study's participants (a) highly ranked the importance of a facilitator's interpersonal skills and experience in family interventions and (b) suggested that facilitators are best assessed using qualitative techniques such as observation and focus groups. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE •In family-centric prevention efforts, comparative program assessments made by qualified experts and experienced instructors help to establish valid selection criteria for potential future instructors. At the same time, these criteria form a self-assessment tool for active instructors.
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