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KMID : 0379720140280020298
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Journal of Korean Community Health Nursing Academic Society
2014 Volume.28 No. 2 p.298 ~ p.309
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Knowledge of hepatitis A, Health Perception and Health Promoting Behavior among young and middle-age adults
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Cha Kyeong-Sook
Yoo Yang-Sook
Cho Ok-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of knowledge of hepatitis A, health perception, and health promoting behavior among young and middle-age adult’s.
Methods: 207 young and middle-age adult’s workers living in Gyeonggi-do participated in this study and completed structured questionnaire. The knowledge of hepatitis A was assessed by the questionnaire which researchers developed. Health perception was measured by Health Perception Scale (Ware, 1979) while health promoting behavior was assessed by Lee’s(2006) questionnaire. These data were analyzed with Pearson correlation coefficient, t-test, ANOVA.
Results: The knowledge score of hepatitis A was 9.53; the health perception score was 3.71; the health promoting behavior score was 3.38. There were no significant differences in knowledge of hepatitis A, health perception, and health promoting behaviors. However, A significant correlation was found between health perception and health promoting behaviors.
Conclusion: The knowledge of hepatitis A found to be low. Therefore further study needs to develop nursing interventions that could improve knowledge and awareness of hepatitis A.
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KEYWORD
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Hepatitis A, Knowledge, Perception, Health promotion
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