title: Effects of Healthy Life Practice Education on Reported Health Behaviors Among Fourth-Grade Elementary School Students in South Korea.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to test the effects of healthy life practice (HLP) education on reported health behaviors, including health promotion, disease prevention, and safety among fourth-grade elementary school students. A quasi-experimental, pretest/posttest design was used. The 101 recruited participants from two schools were assigned to the intervention group (n = 51) that received 10 health education sessions and the control group (n = 50) that did not receive the intervention. Significant differences in health behaviors were observed between the two groups (t = 2.563, p = .012), specifically for disease prevention (t = 2.178, p = .032) and safety (t = 2.711, p = .008). However, no significant between-group differences were observed in health promotion (t = .270, p = .788). Educational interventions aimed at changing HLP-related health behaviors may be effective for elementary schoolchildren.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea ksj@hallym.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Shin-Jeong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Haeryun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Chuncheon Elementary School, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong-Sook
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Baek
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: elementary school students; health behavior; health education; healthy life practice; school nursing