An Effect of Health Promotion Program in Mid-life Women.
10.4040/jkan.1999.29.3.541
- Author:
Keum Ja KIM
1
;
Young Nam CHA
;
Hye Kyung LIM
;
Hyo Soon JANG
Author Information
1. The Margaret Pritchard College of Nursing
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Mid-life women;
Health promotion program;
Self-efficacy;
Health promotion behavior
- MeSH:
Education;
Female;
Health Behavior;
Health Promotion*;
Humans;
Jeollabuk-do;
Research Design;
Self Efficacy
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
1999;29(3):541-550
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to test the effect of the health promotion program in middle women. The research design was a quasi experimental, nonequivalent control-group pretest-posttest design. The data were collected from February 24 to April 14, 1988. The subjects were midlife women, age 40 to 50 years who reside in Chonju city. The experimental group consisted of 41 subjects and the control group 40 subjects. The instruments used for the study were the Self Efficacy Scale and the Health Promotion Behavior Scale developed by Park(1995). The data was analyzed by SPSS/PC. The study result were as follows: Through the 7 week education program for health promotion, self efficacy and health behavior were effectively changed in middle-aged.
