Effects of a Tailored Health Promotion Program to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Middle-Aged and Advanced-Age Bus Drivers
- Authors
- Hwang, Gyu-Seok; Choi, Jae-Wook; Choi, Seoung-Hyung; Lee, Seoung-Gil; Kim, Kyung-Hee; Cho, Yong-Min; Yoon, Chungsik
- Issue Date
- 1월-2012
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
- Keywords
- health promotion; bus driver; cardiovascular disease; physical activity; smoking; alcohol consumption
- Citation
- ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, v.24, no.1, pp.117 - 127
- Indexed
- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- Volume
- 24
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 117
- End Page
- 127
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/109199
- DOI
- 10.1177/1010539510373140
- ISSN
- 1010-5395
- Abstract
- A tailored health promotion program was developed and applied to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors among middle-aged and advanced-age bus drivers. The participants were 248 bus drivers from 2 transportation companies, in whom the authors surveyed health behaviors (physical activity, diet, smoking habit, and alcohol consumption), health status (body mass index, systolic blood pressure, triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein), and job stress. The tailored health promotion program consisted of exercise, diet, temperance, and smoking cessation education; the program was developed to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors and was administered for 6 months. After the program, health behaviors, such as physical activity, dietary habits, smoking habits, and alcohol consumption, and health status indicators, such as blood pressure, had significantly improved (P < .05). The authors did not find an association between job stress and health behavior and status. This suggests that a tailored health promotion program for middle-aged and advanced-age bus drivers was effective.
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