@article{ref1,
title="Intention to change multiple health risk behaviors and predictors of behavior change in vocational education students",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2022",
author="Atorkey, Prince and Paul, Christine and Wiggers, John and Bonevski, Billie and Mitchell, Aimee and Tzelepis, Flora",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: No studies have examined vocational education students' intention to change multiple health risk behaviors and whether baseline characteristics predict behavior change. Participants: Paticipants were vocational education students in New South Wales, Australia. <br><br>METHODS: Students in the no-intervention control arm of a cluster randomized controlled trial completed an online survey at baseline and 6 months later. <br><br>RESULTS: Of 450 participants (83.3%) who reported multiple health risk behaviors at baseline, one-third (33.1%) intended to change at least two risk behaviors within 6 months. Participants experiencing symptoms of anxiety [OR = 7.43, 95% CIs 1.26-43.87; p = 0.03] and who intended to change three to four risk behaviors [OR = 23.30, 95% CIs 4.01-135.40; p = 0.001] rather than one behavior had significantly greater odds of changing at least one behavior in 6 months. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Interventions could support vocational education students to change behaviors they wish to as well as motivate them to address other risk behaviors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2022.2068960",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2068960"
}