Health Risks for University Students From the Amazon Region in the New Normality

Paricahua-Peralta J.N.; Estrada-Araoz E.G.; Velasquez-Giersch L.; Valencia-Martínez J.C.; Urbina-Puma L.; Ulloa-Gallardo N.J.; Bautista-Quispe J.A.; Velazco-Reyes B.; Palacios-Serna L.I.; Calsina-Ponce W.C. · Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice (2023) · DOI: 10.33423/jhetp.v23i14.6391

Resumen

The objective of the study was to identify and compare the health risk of university students in the Peruvian Amazon in the post pandemic new normal. The approach was quantitative, of the descriptive type of group comparison. The population consisted of 1320 students and the sample consisted of a total of 298 students who were administered the SF-36 Health Questionnaire (version 2). According to the results, the health status of university students is in the medium risk level, which could affect the quality of learning, the prevalence and affection of other possible diseases, as well as absenteeism. Likewise, through the Chi-square test, the statistical power and the effect size, it was possible to determine that the health status is similar in the groups of students conformed by gender and family dependence. However, it was evidenced that the evolution of health in the university students of the gender group is different (p<0.05; w=0.339; 1-β= 0.865).

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional del Altiplano; Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios; Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego; Universidad Andina del Cusco