BACKGROUND: Identifying and controlling systemic arterial blood pressure is important in young people, and it is possible to reduce the frequency of systemic arterial hypertension by improving the lifestyle. AIM: The aim of the study is to assess the relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviors and systemic blood pressure in university students. MATERIALS: The study sample consisted of 200 university students from a state university in Edirne. Lifestyles and habits were evaluated with Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile II. Students’ blood pressure was measured from both arms twice. RESULTS: The mean HPLP-II score of those who frequently feel good was significantly higher than those who rarely feel good. The mean score of those who frequently wake up between 06:00-09:00 in the morning was statistically significantly higher than those who wake up outside these hours. Those who perform social or artistic activities during their leisure times had a mean scale score higher than those who don’t perform. Although there wasn’t a statistically significant difference according to smoking status, the mean score of non-smokers was higher than smokers. The mean scale scores were higher in frequent salt users than non-frequent users; participants with low saturated fatty acid intake had higher scores than those with high intake, and rare fast food consumers had higher scores than frequent consumers. The statistically significant difference between blood pressure values of females and males was due to higher blood pressure in male students. Those working in a part-time job had higher blood pressure values than those who weren’t working. Among the students whose body mass indexes could be evaluated, there were differences in blood pressure values. CONCLUSION: It has been observed in our study that health-related responsibilities and lifestyle behaviours increase with better leisure time activities, improved eating habits and a positive outlook on life. Turning youngs’ tendencies towards healthy lifestyle behaviours to habits can make them healthier, more collective and more productive regarding physical, social and psychological well-being.

Introduction: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer affecting women in the world. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the awareness about HPV, risk perception, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccines. Methodology: The sample of this descriptive cross-sectional study consisted of 396 undergraduate university students from Turkey. Sociodemographic characteristics, reproductive health, knowledge about HPV, and HPV vaccination were questioned. Results: The percentage of university students with an active sexual life was 10.6%. The knowledge level of families about HPV, and HPV vaccination were not adequate. The awareness of the fact that HPV was a cause of cervical cancer in women and penile cancer in men tended to increase with the increase in the educational level of parents. Those who knew about HPV vaccines were predominantly females. Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrated that more active education is needed to decrease HPV infections among undergraduate students. Increasing awareness of HPV makes it easier to develop positive behaviors in fighting against it. In order to increase the contribution of young people to educational activities for the community, information about HPV and HPV vaccines should first be included in training programs at universities. To support the development of effective and high-quality public health interventions, young people should be educated so that obstacles to HPV vaccination in various cultural groups can be eliminated. Our findings suggest that awareness about HPV, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccines should be increased.

Background Hand-dexterity and hand-eye coordination are important in nursing profession.. In nursing vocational education, equal conditions for gaining experience regardless of gender difference should be established. The aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of gender difference, and anthropometric features on hand-dexterity and hand-eye coordination evaluated by O’Connor dexterity test. Methods Our study included 100 undergraduate nursing students of Trakya University. To evaluate hand dexterity age, sex, sociodemographic features were recorded. Results Previous studies demonstrated that male nurses were careful, attentive and willing to take care of their patients but they felt they had to be at the backstage because the occupation is a female predominant one. They were also careful and attentive during O’Connor finger test. The average O’Connor hand-dexterity test duration of female students was 7.44 minutes for the dominant hand. Males completed test at 8.06 minutes with dominant hand. No statistically significant difference was detected. Students with longer hand and palm lengths had better hand-dexterity. Because wrist circumference and width were more in male students than females this provided an advantage to male nursing students. O’Connor finger-dexterity results also demonstrated that gender discrimination in nursing profession is meaningless in terms of dexterity. Conclusions Our study approaches gender discrimination in nursing with a different perspective. Our study demonstrated that male nursing students are not less successful than female students in hand-eye coordination and hand-dexterity. It is important for male nursing students to have clinical learning without having sexual discrimination in order to provide high quality patient care. Another advantage of male nurses is their strength which makes them more effective at healthcare facilities. In conclusion, reproductive health and other areas of nursing care should not be seen as the area of a particular gender. Doing so may prevent the development of professions and also lead to missing valuable opportunities to gain remarkable perspectives and insights.

En tr Women are the most adversely affected section by social status inequalities in the society. This situation, which is directly related to the status of women in society, prevents women from being equal to men in terms of benefiting from human rights in every field. It is important to avoid these inequalities. It will be useful to learn the direction of the university students' attitudes towards gender roles, which is an important building block of the future of the society. Thus, an important contribution will be made in the establishment of an egalitarian perspective on gender attitudes to the content of education provided in universities. Our study was conducted between September 2019 and January 2020 on undergraduate students of Trakya University. The research was carried out with 466 university students studying at Trakya University. “Personal Information Form” was used to evaluate the sociodemographic information of the students. Participants were asked if they knew the concept of gender. Questions were raised about their perspectives on feminism, heritage sharing and gender equality. The Gender Roles Attitude Scale (GRAS) was applied to the students. The fact that undergraduate students have traditional views on gender indicates that universities are not fully achieving the goal of catching the era in their educational processes. However, it should be remembered that social dynamics are at the root of both problems and solutions. The necessity of starting from young people is the first stage of the measures and suggestions to be taken, in order to maintain progress in the level of contemporary civilization, as the social change is a process. Toplumda karşılaşılan sosyal statü eşitsizliklerinden kadınlar en çok olumsuz etkilenen kesim olmaktadır. Kadınların toplumda bulunduğu statü ile direk olarak ilgisi olan bu durum, her alanda kadınların insan haklarından yararlanma konusunda, erkeklerle eşit olabilmesine engel olmaktadır. Bu eşitsizliklerin önüne geçilmesi önemlidir. Toplumun geleceğinin önemli bir yapıtaşı olan üniversite öğrencilerinin, toplumsal cinsiyet rollerine yönelik tutumlarının hangi yönde olduğunun öğrenilmesi faydalı olacaktır. Böylece üniversitelerde verilen eğitimin içeriğine, toplumsal cinsiyet tutumlarına yönelik olarak eşitlikçi bir bakış açısının yerleşmesinde önemli bir katkıda bulunulacaktır. Çalışmamız Eylül 2019- Ocak 2020 tarihleri arasında Trakya Üniversitesi lisans öğrencileri ile yapıldı. Araştırmanın evrenini Türkiye’ deki üniversite öğrencileri, örneklemini Trakya Üniversitesi lisans eğitimi alan 466 üniversite öğrencisi oluşturdu. Araştırma kapsamında öğrencilerin sosyodemografik bilgilerini ve yaşam tarzlarını değerlendirmek üzere “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” kullanıldı. Kişisel bilgi formunda katılımcılara, toplumsal cinsiyet kavramını bilip bilmedikleri soruldu. Feminizme, miras paylaşımına ve kadın- erkek eşitliğine bakış açıları ile ilgili sorular yöneltildi. Öğrencilere ‘’Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rolleri Tutum Ölçeği (TCRTÖ)’’ uygulandı. Toplumsal cinsiyete yönelik geleneksel görüşlere sahip olan lisans öğrencilerinin olması, üniversitelerin eğitim süreçlerinde, çağı yakalama hedefini tam anlamıyla gerçekleştiremediğini göstermesi bakımından düşündürücüdür. Bununla birlikte, hem sorunların hem çözümlerin kökeninde toplumsal dinamiklerin bulunduğu hatırlanmalıdır. Toplumsal değişimin bir süreç olduğu, çağdaş medeniyet seviyesinde ilerlemeyi sürdürmek için, gençlerden başlamak gerekliliği de alınacak önlem ve önerilerin ilk aşamasıdır.