Effects of A Health Risk Information Strategy on Risk Perceptions of Diseases Related to Physical Inactivity in Adolescents

PURPOSE The current study identified effects of the health risk information strategy on risk perception to diseases related to physical inactivity, and test the relationships between changes in risk perception and changes in physical activity. METHODS A total of 37 adolescents voluntarily participated in the 12-week health risk information strategy. In the initial stage of this study, adolescents were randomly classified into the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group was instructed the health risk information twice a week, while the control group lived a routine life. Health vulnerability, objective risk factors related to physical inactivity, and physical activity were measured to the study variables and 2× 2 repeated measure analysis of variance and hierarchical regression analysis were conducted. RESULTS Results indicated that the adolescents at health risks related to physical inactivity showed significant increase in risk perception on waist size and BMI after the health risk information strategy. In addition, changes in risk perception on obesity and diabetes significantly influenced on changes in physical activity. CONCLUSIONS This study implies that it needs to actively promote not only health risks due to physical inactivity, but health benefits of physical activity in order to reduce diseases associated with physical inactivity in health promotion and preventive medicine..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

The Asian Journal of Kinesiology - 20(2018), 2, Seite 51-60

Sprache:

Englisch ; Japanisch ; Koreanisch ; Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Young Ho Kim [VerfasserIn]
In Kyung Park [VerfasserIn]
Soo Jin Kang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescent
Health risk information strategy
Physical activity
Physiology
Risk perception
Sports

doi:

10.15758/ajk.2018.20.2.51

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ04421121X