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Health-promoting behaviours in public health: testing the Health Promotion Model

M.J. Blacconiere

Clinical Psychologist, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Edward J Hines, Jr. Hospital, Hines, Illinois 60141, USA, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois 60305, USA

W.A. Oleckno

Public and Community Health Programs, School of Allied Health Professions, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115-2854, USA

A health-promoting lifestyle encompasses far more than preventing disease and is characterised by behaviours that lead to optimal well-being, self actualisation, and personal fulfillment. This study was undertaken to investigate the health-promoting lifestyles of employees working in local public health departments (n=602) and to test two research hypotheses suggested by the Health Promotion Model. The first hypothesis posited that public health professionals would report significantly more favourable health-promoting behaviours than support staff employed in the same departments. The second hypothesis postulated that occupational discipline in public health would be a significant predictor of health-promoting behaviours. Health- promoting behaviours were measured by the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP), a psychometrically-validated measure of overall health-promoting lifestyle and six dimensions of health-promoting behaviours, which comprise the instrument subscales. The findings of the study tended to support the research hypotheses. Overall, public health professionals tended to report more favourable health-promoting behaviours than departmental support staff, and occupational discipline was a significant predictor of a health- promoting lifestyle. In general, public health nursing personnel reported the highest mean levels of health-promoting behaviours compared to the other occupational disciplines examined.

Key Words: Health promotion • health behaviour • lifestyle • public health • wellness

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Vol. 119, No. 1, 11-16 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/146642409911900103
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