A Study on Influencing Factors in Health Promoting Behaviors of Women Workers at Small-scale Industries / 간호학회지
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
;
: 964-973, 2004.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-110435
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was aimed to identify the major factors affecting performance in health promoting behaviors in women workers at small-scale industries.METHOD:
This study was based on the Pender's Health Promotion Model. The subjects for this study were 251 women workers at 23 small-scale industries in Busan city. The data for this study was collected from July 15th to August 15th 2003 by structured questionaries, and were analyzed with ANOVA, t-test, Pearson' correlation coefficient, and multiple Regression in the SPSS/WIN 10.0.RESULT:
The mean performance of the health promoting behavior was 2.56. The factors related to the performance of the health promoting behaviors were social support, marital status, status of owning a house, perceived barriers to action, working time, and self-efficacy, and they explained 58.4% of the variance of the health promoting behaviors.CONCLUSION:
The mean performance of the health promoting behavior seemed to be low, and the most important variable related to health promoting behaviorsof women working at a small-scale industry was social support. Therefore, intervention programs to increase the social support for women worker need to be developed.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Women, Working
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Health Promotion
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Korea
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Occupational Health Services
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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