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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Health awareness survey of university students

They were also presented with a range of six reasons for not
participating in health-promoting activities on campus.
All students from Faculty V of the Hannover University
of Applied Sciences and Arts were eligible to participate in
the online survey. Faculty V – Social Welfare and Health
Care – is one of the five faculties of Hannover University
of Applied Sciences and Arts, located at the Hannover-
Kleefeld site. It offers five bachelor courses and three
master courses. Students were invited to complete the
survey through different recruitment methods: during
seminars in the Nursing and Health Care department,
through email to all students, and through social media.
The Faculty V of Hannover University of Applied Sciences
and Arts approved conducting the survey.
To minimize bias, a non-random convenience Figure 1. The poster designed by the authors to encourage students to fill
sampling was combined with voluntary participation. out the online questionnaire through QR code
Students were approached outside the campus catering
facility and encouraged to scan a QR code to complete the Table 2. Distribution of the characteristics of the
survey. The survey was also promoted through a poster respondents
(Figure 1) and the faculty’s Instagram account. The survey
took place from May 2, 2023, to May 19, 2023. Participants Variable n %
provided consent and were informed that the data would Gender
be published in an academic journal. Collected personal Female 148 70.8
data included gender, age range, and study course. The Male 57 27.3
survey required approximately five minutes to complete, Prefer not to say/other 4 1.9
and participants received no compensation. Age
2.3. Data analysis 18 – 24 91 43.5
25 – 29 52 24.9
Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data from
the questionnaire. Faculty V had 1310 students during the 30 – 34 21 10
semester that the survey was conducted, of which 209 filled 35 – 39 16 7.7
in the questionnaire, resulting in a response rate of nearly 40 – 44 11 5.3
16%. The distribution of the respondents by gender, age, ≥ 45 18 8.6
and study course can be found in Table 2. Study course
3. Results Social work 87 41.7
Religious education and social work 35 16.7
3.1. The importance of health promotion at Nursing (including extra-occupational courses) 65 31.1
university Inclusive education (including extra-occupational courses) 22 10.5
When students were asked about the importance of health
promotion services at university (Figure 2), 61.3% of No topics were distinctly rated as unimportant,
respondents answered positively (25.4%: very important, although some received lower scores in the very
35.9%: important), 27.3% were neutral, and 11.5% important or important categories, including drug
considered health promotion at university as unimportant. use, media usage, and active breaks (sedentary
When evaluating the importance of different health behavior).
topics, students ranked “mental health” (very important
+ important: n = 193) and “stress management” (very 3.2. Awareness of previous interventions
important + important: n = 191), the most important Students were asked about their participation in past
topics, closely followed by “drinking enough water” (very campus health interventions. Figures 3-12 illustrate the
important + important: n = 190) and “healthy food” (very students’ awareness of these interventions and their
important + important: n = 184). perceived success. The most recognized intervention was

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