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KMID : 0379320020270020055
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Korean Journal of Rural Medicine
2002 Volume.27 No. 2 p.55 ~ p.66
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The Relationship of the Social Support and Health Promotion Behavior in Rural Communities
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Lee Hee-Young
Hwang Seung-Sik
Baek Ji-Eon
Kim Yang-Sook
Ka Mun-Hee
Shin Jee-Yeon
Kim Eun-Ok
Kim Si-Wan
Ahn Hye-Yun
Park Jae-Hyun
Kim Hyo-Chung
Lee Seung-Eun
Cho Byong-Hee
Jeong Mun-Ho
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Abstract
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This study aims to clarify the socio-economic factors which have an effectiveness on the social support in rural areas and analyze how it relates to the Individual Health promotion behavior. It is advised to improve social support in the community. The target population was all residents with no chronic and no serious disease who live in five villages of Chuncheon in Kangwon province during July of 2002. This study was done by the interview survey using questionnaire which was composed with questions about Medical Outcomes Study-Social Support Survey(MOS-SSS) and the health promotion behavior. MOS-SSS was translated to Korean and modified to be suitable for the study. The functional and social support variables were also added. The health promotion behavior was formed through the questions about whether or not stop smoking, stop drinking, the excise, the health examinations, attending health education, and hormone replacement therapies. The results are as follows; 1) the case of low-educated, divorce or separation to death, or the subject of social assistance, the social support was low. 2) the case of high social class, the social support was high. 3) there were no significant findings in the health status. 4) according to the analysis of correlation of health promotion behavior, the group with the most social support showed a high percentage of getting health examinations, attending health education, Hormone replacement therapies. However, the adjusted rate of smoking and drinking of trying to stop smoking and stop drinking resulted in low figures. The well-structured social support which the community can provide should be firstly given a priority for the group with low-income, low-educated, divorce or separation to death, and social assistance who are provided poor social support. More~ver, the social support service should be actively reflected to the health promotion program in the community.
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KEYWORD
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health promotion, Social support, Rural health
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