Study on the Health-Promoting Lifestyle among High School and Primary School Nurses in I-Lan County, Taiwan

• Main Authors: LIN,MEI-SHENG, 林美聲
• Other Authors: 黃松元
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77352649225590520748

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 衛生教育研究所 === 92 === STUDY ON THE HEALTH-PROMOTING LIFESTYLE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOL NURSES IN I-LAN COUNTY , TAIWAN A master thesis By Lin, Mei-sheng ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to explore the health-promoting lifestyles, demographic variables, health conception , self-efficacy of health behavior, perceived health status and predictors of lifestyles among high school and primary school nurses. The adopted instruments were health-promoting lifestyle profile, health conception scale, self- rated abilities for health practices scale ,perceived health status scale and demographic data. The Subjects were the school nurses in all 112 high schools and primary schools in I-Lan county. A cross-sectional design was adopted and data were collected from 113 school nurses via self-reported questionnaires ,which presented a 100% of the response rate, The data was analyzed by one way ANOVA, Pearson ’s product- moment correlation and multiple regression. The main findings of the study are as follows: 1.In the health-promoting lifestyles, the highest score was the nutrition, followed by stress management, self- actualization, interpersonal support, health responsibility, and the lowest was exercise; in the health conception, the highest score was the adaptive health conception, followed by functional/role performance health conception, eudaimonistic health conception, while the lowest was clinical health conception;in the self-efficacy of health behavior, the highest score was health responsibility, followed by the nutrition, psychological Well-Being, and the lowest was exercise; In the perceived health status, most subjects considered their health status being normal or good. 2 .The factors influencing the health-promoting lifestyles of the school nurses were: (1)In the demographic variables , ages, the total experiences in nursing field, the experiences in school nursing and the health-promoting lifestyles were postive related. (2)Meanwhile, the health conception, the self-efficacy and perceived health status also presented significant relation with the health-promoting lifestyles . 3.The self-efficacy of health behavior, the perceived health status, the health conception, and the participation of health-promoting lessons were the significant predictors and explained 55.2 % of the variance of ealth-promoting lifestyles. However, the self-efficacy of health behavior was the strongest predictor. According to the finding of this study could present as references for school health practice and administration to promote the health-promoting lifestyles among school nurses and for further research in this field. Key words: school nurses, health-promoting lifestyles, health conception, self-efficacy of health behavior, perceived health status