Introduction: According to the World Health Organization(WHO), “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment. Health is therefore, seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living.1 Pender(2002) defines health protection as, “an illness or injury-specific “avoidance” motivated, and seeks to prevent insults to health and well-being. “According to Pender (2002) and colleagues, health protection is motivated by a desire to actively avoid illness, detect it early or maintain functioning within the constraints of illness.1 Efforts to preserving the present health status of an individual through prevention of diseases or occurrence of injuries refer to health maintenance or health protection.

Objectives: 1.To identify the level of awareness regarding importance of regular health check-ups among first year non- health science bachelor’s degree students as measured by structured awareness questionnaire. 2.To find the association of level of awareness regarding importance of regular health check-ups with their selected demographic variables.

Methodology: The purposive sampling technique was applied. The current study data collection was performed at Milagres College, Mangalore. Milagres College is located in Hampankatta,an urban area in Mangalore. This college offers programs in commerce, science, management, computer science, interior designing and arts. It consists of 183 first year non- health science students. The participants included in the study were 59 first year BCom.students currently studying in the college. Tool was used in this study, Demographic proforma. and Tool 2 : Structured awareness questionnaire.