Some Socio-Health And Academic Performance Factors In University Students In Department Of Sucre, Colombia

Abstract

Objective: to identify the situation of some socio-health and academic performance factors in university students from the department of Sucre (Colombia). It is developed in young university students. Methodology: Descriptive, cross-sectional study; a database analysis based on an institutional survey to characterize students, made up of 4689 records. Results: most of the students are between 15 and 20 years old, almost a third of them are recognized as indigenous and belong to low socioeconomic strata, about a third of the population indicated having failed subjects and highlighted reasons related to this low performance; some students mentioned not consuming, sometimes, any meal a day and in general more than half of the students surveyed reported having limited their food rations during the day. Conclusion: The socioeconomic and dietary conditions explored minimally reveal a concern about students' health and within that larger concept generate opportunities to intervene in students' academic performance and possible dropouts.