J Korean Acad Nurs.  1999 Jun;29(3):541-550.

An Effect of Health Promotion Program in Mid-life Women

• Kim KJ
• Cha YN
• Lim HK
• Jang HS

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to test the effect of the health promotion program in middle women. The research design was a quasi experimental, nonequivalent control-group pretest-posttest design. The data were collected from February 24 to April 14, 1988. The subjects were midlife women, age 40 to 50 years who reside in Chonju city. The experimental group consisted of 41 subjects and the control group 40 subjects. The instruments used for the study were the Self Efficacy Scale and the Health Promotion Behavior Scale developed by Park(1995). The data was analyzed by SPSS/PC. The study result were as follows: Through the 7 week education program for health promotion, self efficacy and health behavior were effectively changed in middle-aged.

Keyword

Mid-life women; Health promotion program; Self-efficacy; Health promotion behavior

MeSH Terms

Education
Female
Health Behavior
Health Promotion*
Humans
Jeollabuk-do
Research Design
Self Efficacy