Testing and Developing the Health Promotion Model in Low-Income, Korean Elderly Women

Kyung Rim Shin, Younhee Kang, Hyo Jung Park, Myoung Ok Cho, Margaret Heitkemper

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Abstract

This study was conducted to test Pender's health promotion model in low-income, Korean elderly women. A total of 389 low-income, Korean elderly women completed the interviews focused on the concepts in health promotion model. Seventy-three percent of the variance in health-promoting behaviors was accounted for by prior health-related behavior, biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors, behavior-specific cognitions and affect, environmental influences, commitment to a plan of action, and health-promoting behavior variables in a modified health promotion model. Findings from this study may support the conceptual framework for future nursing practice and research studies in this vulnerable population.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)173-178
Number of pages6
JournalNursing Science Quarterly
Volume21
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2008

Keywords

  • Pender
  • elderly woman
  • health promotion model

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