Abstract
Objectives: To determine health promoting behaviors of university students in Jordan and factors
influencing them. Design and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used to recruit
convenience sample (n = 525) of university students receiving education from two governmental
and one private universities in Jordan. Data were collected between September 2013 and January
2014 by using Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. Pender Model provided conceptual framework
to guide the study. Results: The mean score of Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile of the student
was at (127.87 ± 19.91). Significant differences were found between Health Promoting Lifestyle
Profile mean score and the mean score of its subscales and student’s age, gender, employment
status, family income, university type, and faculty type. Conclusions: These findings suggest that
interventions are needed to enhance the practice of health promoting behaviours. These interventions should focus on demographic variations among university students.