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http://dx.doi.org/10.14370/jewnr.2019.25.2.147

Effects of Health Information Media Use and Health Interest on Health Promoting Behaviors in Nursing Students  

Yang, Nam Young (Department of Nursing, Kongju National University)
Song, Min Sun (College of Nursing, Konyang University)
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Journal of East-West Nursing Research / v.25, no.2, 2019 , pp. 147-156 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the health information media use, health interest, and health promoting behaviors of nursing college students, and the influence factors of health promoting behaviors. Methods: Participants were 144 nursing students in D city. Data collection was conducted from August 21st to 30th, 2019. Data were collected with structured questionnaires and analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. Results: There were positive correlations between the health information media use and health interest with health promoting behaviors. Factors affecting health promoting behaviors of nursing college students were grade, health information media use, and health interest, which explained 28.2% of the variance. Conclusion: Characteristics of nursing students should be taken into consideration to improve their abilities for screening of health and using correct health information. In addition, health promotion programs should be developed and implemented for increasing nursing students' health interests.
Keywords
Health information; Internet; Health promotion; Health behavior; Nursing student;
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