Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2015 Nov;24(4):270-280. 10.5807/kjohn.2015.24.4.270.

Influence on Health Promotion Behavior among Government-funded Research Institute's Employee according to Perceptive Health Status and Social Support

• Kim JH
• Park SK

• KMID: 2131537
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5807/kjohn.2015.24.4.270

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among perceived health status and social support to identify the influencing factors of health promotion behavior in government-funded research institute's employee.
METHODS
The participants were 222 employees in three government-funded research institute. Questionnaires were used to measure the levels of the perceived health status, social support and health promotion behavior. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, multiple regression, and the IBM SPSS/WIN 19.0 program.
RESULTS
The predicting factors for health promotion behavior were age, smoking, perceived health status and social support. The variables explained the health promotion behavior by 34.3%.
CONCLUSION
A survey of the various influencing factors of health promotion behavior will be required and social support system for government-funded research institute's employee is needed.

Keyword

Health promotion behavior; Perceived health status; Social support

MeSH Terms

Academies and Institutes
Health Promotion*
Smoke
Smoking
Smoke