Testing and developing the health promotion model in low-income, Korean elderly women.
This study was conducted to test Pender's health promotion model in low-income, Korean elderly women. A total of 389 low-income, Korean elderly women completed the interviews focused on the concepts in health promotion model. Seventy-three percent of the variance in health-promoting behaviors was accounted for by prior health-related behavior, biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors, behavior-specific cognitions and affect, environmental influences, commitment to a plan of action, and health-promoting behavior variables in a modified health promotion model. Findings from this study may support the conceptual framework for future nursing practice and research studies in this vulnerable population.
Shin
Kyung Rim
KR
College of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
Kang
Younhee
Y
Park
Hyo Jung
HJ
Cho
Myoung Ok
MO
Heitkemper
Margaret
M
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011203:Poverty