title: Health behaviour of miners.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  What significantly affects the health of an individual health behaviour. It is of particular importance in the case of people working in very harsh environmental conditions. The aim of this study is to examine health behaviour among miners.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research data was collected with the use of the diagnostic survey method based on the Health Behaviour Inventory questionnaire developed by Juczyński. Two hundred coal miners were surveyed. The results obtained were subjected to a statistical analysis. A significance level of p < 0.05 was assumed, which indicates the occurrence of statistically significant differences or relations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The level of health behaviour among miners may be determined as medium and low. The research group obtained the best results with regard to their mental attitude, while their preventive behaviour received the worst evaluation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The research confirms the necessity of implementing health promotion programmes among miners, which would be focusing particularly on health behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Lublin / Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie, Lublin, Poland (Chair of Nursing Development / Katedra Rozwoju Pielęgniarstwa). mariusz.wysokinski@umlub.pl.
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wysokiński
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Lublin / Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie, Lublin, Poland (Chair of Nursing Development / Katedra Rozwoju Pielęgniarstwa). fidecki@interia.pl.
authors.forename: Wiesław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fidecki
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Lublin / Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie, Lublin, Poland (Chair of Nursing Development / Katedra Rozwoju Pielęgniarstwa). maniusia02@interia.pl.
authors.forename: Sylwia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernat-Kotowska
authors.affiliation: Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz / Collegium Medicum w Bydgoszczy, Bydgoszcz, Poland (Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing Department / Zakład Pielęgniarstwa Neurologicznego i Neurochirurgicznego). robert_sl@o2.pl.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ślusarz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003032:Coal Mining; D015438:Health Behavior; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011044:Poland; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: health promotion; healthy behaviour; miners