Determining the Level of Health Awareness among Hospitality Students: A Case Study of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels at Minia University in Egypt

TLDR: In this article, a simple random sample of the study consisted of 95 first-stage students of the hotel management department at the faculty of tourism and hotels in Minia university during the first semester of the academic year 2019/2020.

Abstract: This research aims to determine the level of health awareness and the level of health locus of control among hospitality students. The simple random sample of the study consisted of 95 first-stage students of the hotel management department at the faculty of tourism and hotels in Minia university during the first semester of the academic year 2019/2020. The study results revealed that the degree of the health awareness level and the health locus of control level are high. In addition, they are significant differed according to the gender in favor of males. Moreover, there is a direct correlation between the level of health awareness and the level of health locus of control (r = 0.444, Sig = 000). Finally, the regression model of the level of health awareness (Y) with the level of health locus of control (X) is Y = 1.955 + 0.513X.