|
KMID : 0858820100270010009
|
|
Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2010 Volume.27 No. 1 p.9 ~ p.19
|
|
|
Factors Affecting Children"s Preventive Behaviors for Novel Influenza A(H1N1)
|
|
Park Sin-Young
Kim Myung
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Objectives: This study is to identify the factors which affect children"s preventive behavior for novel influenza A(H1N1) and to provide basic data to health education for children.
Methods: The subject of this study were 551 children who were attending on the 4～6th grade in elementary school in Seoul. The data were collected using a self-reporting questionnaire for 5 days from October 12 through 16, 2009. Data were all digitized and analyzed using SPSS 17.0K.
Results: As for relationship between preventive behavior and the other variables, correlations were observed with sensibility, self efficacy, respond efficacy and behavior intention, and it was statistically significant(p＜ .001). According to the result of analyzing factors affecting preventive behavior for Novel Influenza A(H1N1), it was affected by variables such as perceived threat, perceived efficacy, behavior intention. Behavior intention was the most influencing variable and has shown influence in order of self efficacy, sensibility, severity and respond efficacy as follows.
Conclusion: The results showed effects on preventive behavior of perceived threat, perceived efficacy and behavior intention. It may be beneficial to improve empowerment for students to prevent influenza A(H1N1) by focusing on perceived threat, perceived efficacy, behavior intention.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Influenza A(H1N1), Children, EPPM, Preventive behavior
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|
|