Health Promotion Behaviors among Urban Black Women

Abstract

Health-promotion behaviors among urban Black women are the forefront of US health policy regarding health disparities. This cross-sectional study explored factors such as health literacy, self-efficacy, and readiness for change with health-promotion behaviors of urban Black women. Although these variables are relevant, urban Black women have identified that spirituality and history of domestic violence were also relevant. The sample consists of 152 participants from outpatient clinics, community events, and grocery stores in one Northeastern US city. The anonymous online survey contained the following Instruments: Newest Vital Sign, New General Self-efficacy Scale, Health Risk Instrument, Daily Spiritual Assessment Scale, FAST Survey, and Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. Univariate statistics and bivariate/simultaneous linear regression identified significant relationships between health-promotion behaviors and the following: eeadiness for change, self-efficacy, and spirituality. Participants who engaged in health-promotion behaviors were ready to change, but these behaviors were negatively associated with spirituality, self-efficacy, and a history of domestic violence.

How to make more people adopt healthy behaviors? Assessing health literacy, health promoting lifestyle and their association of community residents in Shenzhen, China

“…In a study of Taiwan adolescents found that adolescents with high and low HL did not significantly differ with some health promoting behaviors ( 41 ). The lack of a statistically significant relationship between HL and health promotion behaviors was also found in a study of urban black women in the United States ( 42 ). More importantly, in a study on training and counseling interventions provided by public health nurses during home visits, participants' health lifestyles did not improve when their HL increased ( 43 ).…”

Perceived health competence and health education experience predict health promotion behaviors among rural older adults: A cross-sectional study

“…Many previous studies have been conducted to investigate the level of health promotion behaviors among older adults [5,[7][8][9][10]. However, most of them focused on urban older adults [7,8], or analyzed urban and rural residents as a group, without taking into account differences in where they lived [5,9,10].…”

“…Many previous studies have been conducted to investigate the level of health promotion behaviors among older adults [5,[7][8][9][10]. However, most of them focused on urban older adults [7,8], or analyzed urban and rural residents as a group, without taking into account differences in where they lived [5,9,10]. Several studies have shown that the level of health promotion behaviors among older adults is affected by the living area [5,9,10].…”