Perception of Benefits and Barriers, Perceived Self-efficacy, Social Support and Eating Behavior Toward Nutritive Value and Safety among Women Living in the Inner City and Outside City Area

Authors

  • Umaporn Boonyasopun Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University

Keywords:

Perception of benefit, Perception of barriers, Perceived self-efficacy, Social support, Eating Behavior

Abstract

         The objectives of this comparative descriptive research were to describe and compare perception of benefit, obstacles, self-efficacy, social support related to nutrition health promotion behavior, and eating behavior toward nutritive value and safety among women living in the inner city and outside the city area. Participants were 803 women, 419 living in Chiang Mai Municipal area or inner the city area, and 384 living in Hang Dong district or outside the city area. Questionnaires were used for data collection. The Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and independent t-test.

         The findings of the study revealed that mean scores of perceived benefit and obstacles of nutrition health promotion behavior and eating behavior toward nutritive value and safety of women living in inner the city were significantly lower than those living outside the city (p<.05).  However, there were no significant different of perceived self-efficacy and perceived social support of nutrition health promotion behavior between women living in inner the city and outside the city.

          Most of women living in inner and outside the city perceived benefit of nutrition promotion behavior at a high level, 64.5 % and 74.5 %, perceived self-efficacy of nutrition promotion behavior at a low level, 75.2 and 71.6 %, and had eating behavior toward nutritive value and safety at a moderate level, 69.9 and 71.1 %, respectively. Half of women living in inner and outside the city perceived obstacles of nutrition promotion behavior at a moderate level, 49.6 and 47.7 % and perceived social support of nutrition promotion behavior at a low level, 55.4 and 54.9 %, respectively. This findings provide the

guideline to develop a self-efficacy and social support enhancement program to promote

eating behavior toward nutritive value and safety for women living in inner and outside the city.

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2019-05-03

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