Risk behavior for the health of students at the State University of North Parana, Brazil--a proposal for online intervention/Comportamentos de risco para a saude de estudantes da Universidade Estadual do Norte do Parana --uma proposta de intervencao online

Getting to know the lifestyles of university students provides important input for possible decision-making for the implementation of intervention programs within the university environment. The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence of risk behaviors to health in a representative sample of UENP students and, in accordance with the information obtained, indicate specific actions using means that can assist in reducing such behaviors. The survey of the main risk factors for the health of the population in question was performed by database analysis. The orientation was conducted through social networks, with online control over access to and interactions with members of the networks using information made available by the research. More than 200 messages were posted, trying to put this population on the path towards factors related to healthy habits. A viewing average of 471.2 [+ or -] 128.16 people accessed the page and an average of 12,915.07 [+ or -] 6,517.45 people saw the posts per week. Given the above, we suggest actions in UENP to encourage healthy habits, and the social networks proved to be a viable tool for this though other media may be offered, seeking to encourage this population to adopt a more active and health lifestyle. Key words University students, Orientation, Social networking Resumo Conhecer o estilo de vida de estudantes universitarios torna-se relevante para subsidiar eventuais tomadas de decisoes na implantacao de programas intervencionistas no espaco da universidade. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar as prevalencias de comportamentos de risco para a saude em amostra representativa de estudantes da UENP e diante das informacoes levantadas, indicar acoes especificas, atraves de meios que possam orientar na reducao destes comportamentos. O levantamento dos principais fatores de risco para a saude da populacao em questao foi feito por meio de analise de banco de dados. A orientacao foi realizada atraves de redes sociais, com controle on line em relacao aos acessos e interacoes dos membros das mesmas com as informacoes disponibilizadas por meio do trabalho. Foram realizados mais de 200 posts, buscando-se orientar esta populacao a fatores ligados a habitos saudaveis. Atingiu-se uma visualizacao media de 471,2 [+ or -] 128,16pessoas por post e a pagina, um alcance medio de 12915,07 [+ or -] 6517,45 pessoas por semana. Diante do exposto, sugerem-se acoes na UENP, no sentido de orientacao ligada a habitos saudaveis e, a