The Relationship between Health Literacy and Health Promotion Behavior in Adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Ah Young Jeong ◽  
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HyeSeon Choi ◽  
EunMi Kim ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Promotion Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Depression, Self-efficacy and Health Promotion Behaviors of Health University College Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-441
Author(s):  
Kyung Hee Kim
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Health Promotion Behaviors ◽  
Health Promotion Behavior ◽  
Health Promotion Programs ◽  
The Relationship

Objectives: The Purpose of this study is to find out the relationship among depression, self-efficacy, and health promotion behaviors of health college students and to develop programs and mediate strategies to improve desirable health promotion behaviors.Methods: This descriptive study examined the correlation between the depression, self-efficacy, and health promotion behaviors of health college students located in Daegu Metropolitan City participated in the study from October to December. The collected data were analyzed using IBM SPSS 25.0. The general characteristics of the subjects were presented in frequency and percentage, and depression, self-efficacy and health promotion behaviors were presented in average and standard deviation. The results of this study were as follows: First, the correlation between depression, self-efficacy and health promotion behavior was analyzed by t-test and ANOVA. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to identify the effects of general characteristics, depression, and self-efficacy on health promotion behaviors.Results: The depression of health college students was 14.94 ± 11.51, the total score of self-efficacy was 74.60 ± 12.92, and the health promotion behavior was 74.85 ± 18.62. As a result of analyzing the correlation between depression, self-efficacy and health promotion behavior, depression had a statistically significant negative correlation with health promotion behavior, and self-efficacy and health promotion behavior had a statistically significant positive correlation. The factors that depression and self-efficacy have influence on health promotion behavior were gender, depression (-0.15, p= 0.048), and self-efficacy (0.59, p< 0.001).Conclusions: The depression, self-efficacy, and health promotion behaviors of health college students were found to be correlated; development of health promotion programs to improve desirable health promotion behaviors is required.

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