Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2013 Aug;22(3):218-227.

Influencing Factors on Health Promotion Behavior of Fire Officers

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Nursing, Wonkwang Health Science University, Iksan, Korea.
  • 2Department of Nursing, Dongkang College, Gwangju, Korea.
  • 3Department of Nursing, Kwangju Women's University, Gwangju, Korea.
  • 4Department of Nursing, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea. sjhan@konyang.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing health promotion behavior of fire officers in Korea.
METHODS
It was a descriptive study. The subjects were comprised of 104 fire officers by self-reported questionnaires from January to February 2012. The instruments used for this study were a health belief, self-efficacy and health promotion lifestyle profile II. The data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 14.0.
RESULTS
The scores of health promotion behavior of fire officers were 2.76 (on a 4-point scale) and of health belief were 2.98 (on a 4-point scale), followed by perceived benefits at 3.45, perceived seriousness at 3.02, perceived sensitiveness at 2.82, perceived barriers at 2.23, and self-efficacy at 3.04 (on a 4-point scale). The health promotion behavior was very closely correlated with the health belief (r=0.49, p<.001). In the sub region, perceived benefit was correlated (r=0.28 p=.005) and the perceived seriousness (r=0.38, p<.001), the perceived sensitiveness (r=0.36, p<.001), and self-efficacy (r=0.55, p<.001) were correlated. Two significant variables influencing health promotion behavior of fire officer were self-efficacy and perceived seriousness (explained 41.0%).
CONCLUSION
It suggested that self-efficacy and perceived seriousness should be considered when developing a fire officers's health promoting program.

Keyword

Health Promotion; Health belief; Self-efficacy; Fire officers

MeSH Terms

Fires
Health Promotion
Life Style
Surveys and Questionnaires
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