KMID : 0607720040150010005
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing 2004 Volume.15 No. 1 p.5 ~ p.17
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Health Promoting Lifestyle and Need assessment of Health Promotion Program for the Rural Elderly
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Park Jeong-Sook
Oh Yun-Jung
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the health promoting lifestyle and need assessment of a health promotion program, and to develop a health promotion program for rural elderly.
Method: The subjects of the study were 366 adults chosen from 24 villages located in Geochang Gun, Korea. Data sampling used a quota sampling method. Analysis of the data was done by using descriptive statistics, t??test, ANOVA and the Scheffe test with SPSS.
Results: 1) The average score of performance in the health promoting lifestyle was 1.85. In the subscales, the highest degree of performance was ¡¯nutrition¡¯, followed by ¡¯interpersonal relationships¡¯, ¡¯health responsibility¡¯, ¡¯stress
management¡¯, ¡¯spiritual growth¡¯, and the lowest degree of performance was ¡¯physical activity¡¯. 2) Health promoting lifestyles were significantly correlated with such demographic variables as age (F=2.684, p=.047), education (F=10.989,
p=.000), monthly pocket money (F=3.516, p=.008), religion (F=7.160, p=.000), current health status F=3.375, p=.035), health education (t=2.476, p=.014). 3) Health promoting lifestyles were significantly correlated with such life style pattern variables as milk drinking (F=3.767, p=0.035), hobbies (t=3.072, p=0.002), exercise (t=??7.186, p=0.000). 4) There is a high level of need for the need assesment of the health promotion program for the elderly in the rural area.
Conclusion: With the above findings, I propose that it is necessary to understand a health promoting lifestyle and need assessment for a health promotion program, and to develop a health promotion program considering regional and environmental elements.
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KEYWORD
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The rural elderly, Health Promotion Lifestyle, Need assessment of health promotion program
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