Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing (한국보건간호학회지)

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Knowledge of hepatitis A, Health Perception and Health Promoting Behavior among young and middle-age adults

청장년 직장인의 A형 간염에 대한 지식, 건강지각 및 건강증진행위

  • 차경숙 (대구한의대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 유양숙 (가톨릭대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 조옥희 (제주대학교 간호대학)
  • Received : 2014.03.31
  • Accepted : 2014.08.26
  • Published : 2014.08.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of knowledge of hepatitis A, health perception, and health promoting behavior among young and middle-age adult's. Methods: 207 young and middle-age adult's workers living in Gyeonggi-do participated in this study and completed structured questionnaire. The knowledge of hepatitis A was assessed by the questionnaire which researchers developed. Health perception was measured by Health Perception Scale (Ware, 1979) while health promoting behavior was assessed by Lee's(2006) questionnaire. These data were analyzed with Pearson correlation coefficient, t-test, ANOVA. Results: The knowledge score of hepatitis A was 9.53; the health perception score was 3.71; the health promoting behavior score was 3.38. There were no significant differences in knowledge of hepatitis A, health perception, and health promoting behaviors. However, A significant correlation was found between health perception and health promoting behaviors. Conclusion: The knowledge of hepatitis A found to be low. Therefore further study needs to develop nursing interventions that could improve knowledge and awareness of hepatitis A.

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