Pro-health behaviours – a sense of coherence as the key to a healthy lifestyle in rural areas?
Background Health-related behaviours and lifestyle are related to the salutogenic concept of health, whereas the major public health problems faced in rural areas include difficulties in encouraging people to a healthy lifestyle. Objective The aim of the study is to explore mutual relationships bet...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of Rural Health
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.journalssystem.com/aaem/Pro-health-behaviours-a-sense-of-coherence-as-the-key-to-a-healthy-lifestyle-in-rural-areas-,72425,0,2.html |
| Summary: | Background
Health-related behaviours and lifestyle are related to the salutogenic concept of health, whereas the major public health problems faced in rural areas include difficulties in encouraging people to a healthy lifestyle.
Objective
The aim of the study is to explore mutual relationships between psychosocial-demographic factors and a sense of coherence.
Material and Methods
Two-stage sampling was applied. Data were collected with the use of the Juczynski Health Behaviours Inventory and Antonovsky’s SOC-29 (Sense of Coherence Questionnaire). The study was conducted among 668 adults. Data were statistically prepared using one-way ANOVA test, linear correlation analysis, and linear regression model.
Results
A higher level of pro-health behaviours is associated with gender, self-rated health, sense of coherence and age. Almost half of the farmers were characterized by a low level of pro-health attitudes. A higher level of pro-health behaviours was demonstrated by less than one-fifth of the farmers.
Conclusions
There is a strong association between sense of coherence and pro-health behaviours. Farmers have bad habits and pro-health attitudes to health and poorer self-assessment of their health. There is a great need to monitor health-related behaviour, increase the effectiveness of health promotion and health education in shaping a pro-health lifestyle among residents of rural areas, particularly among farmers. |
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| ISSN: | 1232-1966 1898-2263 |