HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIOR AMONG BLACK ADULTS

黑人成年人的健康相关行为

• 批准号: 3429446
• 负责人: Clifford L Broman
• 金额: $ 7.11万
• 依托单位: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-09-01 至 1994-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3429446
• 关键词: African American; adult human (21+); alcoholic beverage consumption; disease /disorder proneness /risk; exercise; family; health surveys; injury prevention; interview; locus of control; longitudinal human study; marriage /marital status; mathematical model; parent offspring interaction; self concept; social behavior; social support network; statistics /biometry; tobacco abuse

The objective of the proposed project is to extend research on health and behavior among the adult black population. A large volume of research increasingly points to the important relationship between behavior and physical disorders. Such research is useful in promoting healthy behaviors and in minimizing behaviors which are potentially health damaging. Seven of the ten leading causes of death in the United States are likely associated with the failure to engage in various health behaviors. Studies of health behavior in the black American population are in their infancy, and for this, and other reasons, investigators have called for more research on health behavior in the black population. A recent federal report on Black and Minority Health highlighted research on health behavior and education as an important agenda for research, calling for more support of studies to identify health beliefs and practices among blacks and other ethnic minorities. A number of theoretical frameworks which attempt to account for health-related behavior have appeared. These studies have highlighted the major factors in health-related behavior, but the significance of these in the health-related behavior of the black population is not fully understood. In this research we will focus on exploring the significance of various social network factors and personal control and efficacy in relationship to preventive health behavior in the adult black population. Our aims are to: 1) Investigate the association between family relationships to smoking, alcohol consumption, physical exercise and seat belt use among adult blacks; 2) Assess the impact of significant others in preventive health behavior; 3) Examine mastery and feelings of efficacy in their relationship to the performance of preventive health behavior among black adults. A longitudinal panel survey study of 500 black adults will be conducted. Measures to be used in the study are taken from previous surveys on health behavior and have been shown to be reliable and valid. The design of the study will permit reasoned investigation of the question of why black adults do or do not engage in preventive health behavior.

拟议项目的目标是扩大健康研究， 成年黑人人口的行为。 大量的研究 越来越多地指出了行为和 生理失调 这种研究有助于促进健康 行为，并尽量减少潜在的健康行为， 破坏性的 美国十大死因中的七个 很可能与未能参与各种健康 行为。 美国黑人健康行为研究 正处于起步阶段，由于这个原因和其他原因，研究人员已经 呼吁对黑人的健康行为进行更多的研究。 一 最近联邦关于黑人和少数民族健康的报告强调了研究 将健康行为和教育作为研究的重要议程， 呼吁更多的研究支持，以确定健康信念， 黑人和其他少数民族的习俗。 一些理论框架试图解释 健康相关行为已经出现。 这些研究强调， 健康相关行为的主要因素，但 这些在黑人人群中与健康相关的行为并不完全 明白 在本研究中，我们将重点探讨各种 社会网络因素与人际关系中的个人控制和效能感 预防性健康行为的重要性 我们的目标 （1）调查家庭关系之间的联系， 吸烟、饮酒、体育锻炼和使用安全带 成年黑人; 2）评估重要他人在预防性治疗中的影响 健康行为; 3）检查掌握和效能感， 与黑人预防性健康行为表现的关系 成年人了 将对500名黑人成年人进行纵向小组调查研究。 研究中使用的测量方法取自以前的调查， 健康行为，并已被证明是可靠和有效的。 设计 研究的结果将允许合理的调查的问题， 黑人成年人是否从事预防性健康行为。