คมจักรพันธุ์, ., & Komjakraphan, <. (2013, September 27). ครอบครัวกับการสร้างเสริมพฤติกรรมส่งเสริมสุขภาพผู้สูงอายุ Family and Health Promoting Behavior of the Elders. Songklanakarin : E-Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities [Online], 19(3). Available: https://kaekae.oas.psu.ac.th/ojs/psuhsej/viewarticle.php?id=1038.
ครอบครัวกับการสร้างเสริมพฤติกรรมส่งเสริมสุขภาพผู้สูงอายุ Family and Health Promoting Behavior of the Elders
Patcharee Komjakraphan, Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University.
Abstract
Health promoting behavior defined as a personal health practice in daily life to enhance health status and well-being. The result from health behavioral survey of the Thai elderly in 2008 found that less than half of them exercise regularly and have an annual check-up. Moreover, the elders healthy behaviors such as regular diet or eating behavior, stress management and rephrase are insufficiently proper for good health promotion. These reflect health behavioral problem older aduts. Factors enhancing health promoting behavior among Thai elders were self value, self efficacy, perceived benefits (self esteem). Inadditon, social support from family was found to be one of crucial predictive factors to health promoting behavior. Family has always been to be a cornerstone of the elderly. Therefore, family is great importance for moral support to enhance health behavior of the senior citizen
Keywords:
Family, Health Promoting Behavior, the Elders
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