Effects of a Health Promotion Program on Health Behavior in Working-age Adults
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Health promotion program, Health behavior, Working-age adultsAbstract
This quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design aimed to examine the effects of a health promotion program on health behaviors among working-age adults. This study openly recruited 45 participants who are supporting staff in a nursing college. All participants had received training in a health promotion program that applied the conceptual framework of Pender’s Health Promotion Model along with a 12-week program. The research instrument was a health promotion program (CVI=1) and a health behavior questionnaire based on the 3Es 2Ss principle (CVI=1, reliability=0.86). Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis: frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The results revealed that after participation in the program, participants demonstrated significantly higher mean health behavior scores (Mean = 3.93, SD = 0.238) compared with pre-intervention scores (Mean = 3.65, SD = 0.227), with statistical significance (p<0.05). Specifically, mean scores for dietary behavior, physical activity, stress management, and alcohol consumption were significantly higher after the intervention (p < 0.05). In contrast, smoking behavior did not show a statistically significant change (p = 0.25). The finding indicated that the health promotion program was associated with improvement in health behavior among supporting staff; however, smoking cessation may require longer follow-up periods or sustained motivational support to facilitate successful quitting.
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