Older Male Prisoners: Health Status, Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Health-Promoting Behaviors

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. Loeb ◽  
Darrell Steffensmeier
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Health Promoting Behaviors ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Male Prisoners

scholarly journals Effects of Self-Efficacy, Depression, and Anger on Health-Promoting Behaviors of Korean Elderly Women with Hypertension

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 6296
Author(s):  
Ae Sil Kim ◽  
Mi Heui Jang ◽  
Kyung Hwan Park ◽  
Ji Young Min
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Trait Anger ◽  
Anger Control ◽  
Health Promoting Behaviors ◽  
Health Promoting

The prevalence of hypertension among women in Korea aged 65 years or older is 61.7%. Past research has emphasized the importance of health-promoting behaviors in hypertension management for the elderly. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to identify the effects of self-efficacy, depression, trait anger, and anger expression on the health-promoting behaviors of elderly women with hypertension. Self-report questionnaires were completed by 208 women aged 65 and older (age range: 65 to 85) diagnosed with hypertension by physicians and living in the communities of G city and N city of Gyeonggi-do in South Korea. A hierarchical regression analysis revealed that exercise (β = 0.36, p < 0.001) had the most significant effect on health-promoting behaviors, followed by depression (β = −0.31, p < 0.001), trait anger (β = 0.21, p = 0.002), anger control (β = 0.20, p < 0.001), religion (β = 0.18, p = 0.001), and self-efficacy (β = 0.18, p = 0.003). Trait anger and anger control were identified to have a more significant effect on health-promoting behaviors than self-efficacy. Thus, health-promoting behaviors were influenced by exercise, depression, anger, religion, and self-efficacy. It is necessary to implement a nursing intervention strategy which pays attention to these factors to improve health-promoting behaviors of Korean community-dwelling elderly women.

scholarly journals Mediating Role of Health Promoting Behaviors on the Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Mental Health in Adolescent

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Nafise Majidi Yaychi ◽  
◽  
Ramazan Hasanzade ◽  
Mahbobe Farmarzi ◽  
Alireza Homayoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Health Promoting Behaviors ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Impact of Health-Promoting Lifestyle Education Intervention on Health-Promoting Behaviors and Health Status of Postmenopausal Women: A Quasi-Experimental Study from Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nirmala Rathnayake ◽  
Gayani Alwis ◽  
Janaka Lenora ◽  
Sarath Lekamwasam
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Lifestyle Modifications ◽  
Health Promoting Behaviors ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Health Promoting Lifestyle ◽  
Lifestyle Education ◽  
And Control

Health promotion through lifestyle education is an important measure to enhance health status of postmenopausal women (PMW). This study evaluated the effectiveness of health-promoting lifestyle education intervention (HPLEI) on adhering to health-promoting behaviors (HPB) and enhancing the health status in a group of Sri Lankan PMW. A quasi-experimental study was conducted with randomly selected, sociodemographic status matched, 72 PMW from two geographically separated areas in Galle District, Sri Lanka, allocated as experimental (n = 37, 54.6 ± 4.5 years) and control (n = 35, 56.5 ± 3.4 years) groups. Education intervention focused on postmenopausal health management including lifestyle modifications was performed only for the experimental group during 8 weeks, and a health education package was provided. The control group was not given any planned education programme. Both groups were followed up for a 6-month period. HPB and menopausal symptoms severity were evaluated by validated Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II and Menopause Rating Scale, respectively. Anthropometric adiposity indices (AAIs) including weight, body mass index (BMI), waist (WC) and hip (HC) circumferences, and waist to hip ratio (WHR); cardiovascular disease risk indicators (CVDRI) including systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), fasting blood sugar (FBS), total cholesterol and triglycerides, muscle strength; hand grip strength (HGS) and physical performance (PP); gait speed (GS) were measured. All parameters were evaluated before the intervention (baseline) and after follow-up of 6 months. All evaluated parameters were not different between experimental and control groups (p>0.05) at the baseline. In the follow-up evaluation, HPB (p<0.001), menopausal symptom scores (p<0.001), AAI (p<0.001), CVDRI (SBP, DBP, and FBS) (p<0.05) and HGS and GS (p<0.001) were significantly improved in the experimental group but not in the control group. Health education intervention focused on health-promoting lifestyle modifications is effective in improving the adherence to HPB and enhances the health status in PMW. This provides positive impact in lifestyle medicine.

Health-promoting behaviors in nursing students: is it related to self-efficacy for health practices and academic achievement?

2018 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamileh Farokhzadian ◽  
Abbas Karami ◽  
Mansooreh Azizzadeh Forouzi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Health Promoting Behaviors ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Background Nursing students play a role in promotion of public health as health promoters and professional care providers. Therefore, health-promoting behaviors in nursing students and their self-efficacy for health practices are important in providing better services to patients and clients. With regard to the importance of these factors in the academic progress of students, this study was conducted to examine the level of health-promoting behaviors among nursing students and its relationship with self-efficacy for health practices and academic achievement. Methods This descriptive and correlational study was conducted on 217 nursing students of a large university of medical sciences in the south of Iran in 2016. Data were collected using the Persian version of the health promotion lifestyle profile (HPLP II), self-rated abilities for health practices scale (SRAHPS) and the grade point average of the students (levels A, B, C). Results The mean health-promoting behaviors (2.48 ± 0.35) and self-efficacy for health practices of the students (2.55 ± 0.62) were moderate. The mean score of the students’ academic achievement was at level B (16.02 ± 1.85). The health-promoting behaviors were significantly correlated with self-efficacy for health practices (r = 0.623, p < 0.0001) and academic achievement (r = 0.285, p < 0.0001). Moreover, self-efficacy for health practices was significantly correlated with academic achievement (r = 0.282, p < 0.0001). Conclusion The correlation between the health-promoting behaviors and health self-efficacy with academic achievement can be a good basis in devising health and educational programs for students. In planning for promoting academic achievement and health-promoting behaviors of students, it is essential to pay special attention to enhancement of self-efficacy for health practices.

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