title: Testing and developing the health promotion model in low-income, Korean elderly women.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Rim
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Younhee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hyo Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Myoung Ok
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heitkemper
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011203:Poverty