Level of pro-health behavior of women from rural and metropolitan environment who are active on the health-related internet portals
Journal Title: Health Problems of Civilization - Year 2014, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
The development of health education, education in the scope of healthy lifestyles is significantly affected by the mass media, and primarily the Internet, which is an interactive source of information and the space to acquire competencies supporting health. Access to the Internet is getting more and more widespread; also the range of easily accessible content, related to the lifestyle has expanded. Migrations of populations tend to impair the traditionally understood image of the urban and rural environments. Technological advances in the field of transport communications and IT have also reduced the distance between the two discussed environments. The aim of this study was to assess the level of pro-health behaviors of women who are interested in a healthy lifestyle, and who live both in the countryside and in large cities. The study involved 78 women from the towns with up to 3 thousand inhabitants and 130 from the cities with a population over 100 thousand inhabitants. All re- search participants were active participants in one of the largest health services for mature women in Poland. The research was part of the PARP project - Global health problems, implemented by the Foundation 'Smak Zycia'. Standardized research tools Health Behavior Inventory were applied according to the adaptation of Z. Juczynski. As many as 30% of patients achieved a low level of pro-health behaviors, 4-5% obtained an average score, and only 25%-a high one, which due to an interest in the subject of a healthy lifestyle, occurring as a constant activity on the online health portal, can be regarded as an unsatisfactory result. The research participants (female subscribers of advice from pro-health service) willing to share their experience, commented on a variety of content related to health issues, however, the level of their health behaviors did not differ significantly from the average values for the Polish population. There was no statistically significant difference in the level of realized health behaviors between women living in rural and metropolitan environments. Research confirmed that Internet theme services concerning issues of a healthy lifestyle, are a chance to equalize disparities in pro-health behaviors, and consequently - in health itself, thus initiatives of raising interest in health education through the mass media ought to be supported.
Authors and Affiliations
Zbigniew Borysiuk, Paweł Nowak
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP165499
- DOI 10.5114/hpc.2014.57084
- Views 98
- Downloads 0
EMBOLIZATION IN HEPATIC CANCER THERAPY
Interventional radiology procedures have wide application in hepatic cancer therapy. They are preceded by imaging techniques like CT , MRI, ultrasound, and PET. Procedures used in case of hepatic cancer include: emboliza...
Quality of life in obesity at perimenopausal age in obese women and women with proper body mass index
Background Obesity is a global-scale epidemic of the 21st century, leading to numerous psychophysical complications. The objective of this paper is to analyse the quality of life at perimenopausal age in the group of obe...
Life satisfaction in women after mastectomy – a pilot study
Background Cancer is the second most common cause of morbidity and mortality in Poland and breast cancer is the most frequent malignant neoplasm occurring in Polish women. The aim of this paper is to analyse life satisfa...
AM I THIN ENOUGH? AN INTRODUCTION TO ANOREXIA NERVOSA. FACE OF THIS EATING DISORDER IN POLAND
Anorexia nervosa is a serious and potentially life-threatening eating disorder. Persons, who struggle with this problem, consciously starve and quickly lose weight. It is one of the most common mental disease among young...
Inclusion of pelotherapy in the treatment of patients with lumbar discopathy treated with low-frequency magnetic field and kinesitherapy
Background The study aims to evaluate the effect of the pelotherapy in the treatment of patients with lumbar discopathy treated with low-frequency magnetic field and kinesitherapy. Material and methods The study involve...