Investigation of the healthy lifestyle behavior of AFAD search and rescue technicians in

The aim of this study; The aim of this study is to examine the healthy lifestyle behaviors of Turkey Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) search and rescue technicians in terms of various variables and to evaluate their healthy lifestyle behaviors. 111 AFAD (111 male, 0 female) search and rescue technicians were included in the study. A structured questionnaire consisting of two parts was used as the data collection method in the research. In the first part of the form, a questionnaire consisting of questions determining the descriptive features was applied, and in the second part, the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale (HLBS) was applied. The validity and reliability study of the scale was carried out by Bahar et al. in 2008 and it was adapted to Turkish. SPSS statistical program was used for the statistical analysis of the obtained data. As a result of the analysis of the data, a statistically significant difference was found between the HLBS total scores and sub-dimension scores of the participants in terms of sleep, marital status, branch, education status and age (p<0.05). In terms of smoking addiction, experience, body mass index, alcohol use and chronic disease variables, no statistically significant difference was found between HLBS total scores and sub-dimension scores (p<0.05). As a result, it is thought that the healthy lifestyle behaviors of AFAD search and rescue technicians are not at a sufficient level and it would be appropriate to carry out studies to develop them. However, it is thought that the number of female search and rescue technicians is insufficient and it would be beneficial to carry out studies to increase it.