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KMID : 0858820050220020155
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2005 Volume.22 No. 2 p.155 ~ p.171
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The Related Factors on the Health Promotion Behavior of Primary School Students
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Han Chang-Hyun
Kim Gui-Young
Kim Dong-Sik
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to find out how well the primary school students are practicing the health promotion behaviors and the factors relating their health promotion behavior.
Methods: This study was carried out by using questionnaires with 1,215 students attending at a 6th grade, 16 primary schools which arranged the school health teachers in Kyoungpook, Chilkok Gun from the 21th through 22th of December 2004. Among them, 1,189 were included in final analysis. The collected data was analyzed through frequency, percentage mean and standard deviation, multiple regression.
Results: According to the data from multiple regression of analysis which has the health promotion behavior practice as a subordinate variable, in male students’’ case the degree of health promotion behavior practice becomes high in proportion to their parents’’ interest in health, to their perceived self efficacy, and in case of the barriers of the health promotion behavior practice. As to the female students, their health behavior practice becomes high in proportion to their parents’’ interest in health. It also becomes high in proportion to the perceived health status, the understanding of the importance of the health, internal health locus of control in personality, the perceived self efficacy and the perceived benefit of the health promotion behavior. But in case of the barriers of the health promotion behavior, it was the same as the male students’’ case.
Conclusions: As the results of study, it showed that the knowledge to importance of health, the self efficacy, the knowledge of benefit of health promotion behaviors and the health concern to the children of the parents were related to health promotion behaviors of the primary school students. So, through the systematic development of health education program, we induced to desirable direction for the changeable factors of actions to health promotion for the health, and through the connective guidelines between the School and the Home, we have to adapt to effective health promotion program for the health management of the young boys and girls.
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KEYWORD
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Primary School Students, Health Promotion Behavior, Health Promotion Practice
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