Keywords |
Health promotion lifestyle ; Social support ; Middle-aged |
Abstract |
The regional societies should be prepare to the healthy super-aged society. This study was implemented to check the health promotion lifestyle of middle-aged adults reside in a small and medium sized city and to figure relevant variables to prepare healthier senescence and to establish the environment for practicing healthy life within the regional societies. The data were collected by structured questionnaires from selecting middle-aged people in a small and medium sized city, and the collected data were analyzed by SPSS program. There were statistically significant differences in health promotion lifestyles depending on sex, occupation type and subjective economic level. Health promotion lifestyles were significant positive correlations among social support and health status. Social support, occupation type and health status were explained with 43.1%. Therefore, we are required to develop various supporting strategies to activate social support to higher the health promotion life style of the middle aged, and to prepare more positive measures to the ones with poor health conditions. |