A Study on Influencing Factors in Health Promoting Behaviors of Women Workers at Small-scale Industries.
10.4040/jkan.2004.34.6.964
- Author:
Soo Min BAE
1
;
Ihn Sook JEONG
;
Jeong Soon KIM
;
Seong Sook JEON
Author Information
1. Graduate School of Nursing, Pusan National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Health Promotion;
Worker;
Women;
Industry
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
*Health Promotion;
Humans;
Korea;
Middle Aged;
*Occupational Health Services;
*Women, Working
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2004;34(6):964-973
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
