Technology-Based Intervention for Building Healthy Campus: Health Promoting Lifestyle in the Universities

Abstract

In the last few decades, "Health Promoting Universities" have become attractive and have their place in various education sectors, especially universities. Therefore, higher education institutions must be concerned about promoting health for their academic community. A health promotion-based approach has the potential to enhance a university's contribution to improving health and to deliver meaningful values to populations by protecting the health and enhancing the well-being of students, staff, and the broader community through university policies; enhancing health promotion through teaching and research; developing health promotion by doing community service. This study aims to promote a healthy lifestyle by conducting a cross-sectional study to assess the relationship between the learner use of technology with health-related behavior and physical activity of the community at the University, which consists of students, lecturers, and education staff with technology-based interventions for building healthy campus: health-promoting lifestyle in the universities. The data analysis shows a significant correlation between the use of digital and information technology and health-related behavior (In addition, the data also shows a significant correlation between the use of digital and information technology and physical activity. This study concludes that using digital and information technology as a medium for interventions for building a healthy campus has a high correlation with health-related behavior and physical activity. Thus, technology-based intervention for building a healthy campus will improve university health-promoting lifestyles.