Journal of health informatics and statistics

The Korean Society of Health Informatics and Statistics (한국보건정보통계학회)
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Influence of Health Literacy and Self-care Agency on Health Promotion Behavior in Nursing Students

간호대학생의 건강정보 이해능력과 자가간호역량이 건강증진 행위에 미치는 영향

  • 이순영 (경운대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 서순림 (경북대학교 간호대학.간호과학연구소)
  • Received : 2018.02.19
  • Accepted : 2018.04.16
  • Published : 2018.05.31
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Abstract

Objectives: This study is a descriptive study to survey the nursing college students for their health literacy, self-care agency, and health promoting behavior and to analyze their related factors. Methods: The questionnaire was administered to 228 students in two nursing colleges. Collected data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA with scheff'e test, and stepwise multiple regression. Results: In this study, nursing students health literacy $14.37{\pm}2.00$, self-care agency was $158.10{\pm}26.62$ points, health promotion behavior were $145.67{\pm}35.10$ points. This result was higher than the previous study. The subjects' health literacy had a significant positive correlation with self-care agency (r = 0.60, p< 0.001), a significant positive correlation with health promoting behavior (r = 0.25, p< 0.001), and self-care agency had a significant positive correlation with health promoting behavior (r = 0.39, p< 0.001). Regression analysis to identify factors affecting the health promoting behavior showed that self-care agency was the most significant factor (p= 0.001), followed by health literacy (p= 0.048). In the regression analysis, self-care agency and health literacy were significant predictors and explained 23.0% (p< 0.001) of health promoting behavior. Conclusions: Results of this study have suggested that self-care agency and health literacy were significantly related to health promoting behavior in nursing college students. Therefore, in order to improve the health promoting behaviors of nursing college students, it is necessary to improve the health literacy and self-care agency, and the systematic education strategy and education program should be developed and applied.

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