Effects of the Participatory Action Research on Reducing the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Women
| Autor: | Yong-Sook Eo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Community-Based Participatory Research Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Population Participatory action research Article metabolic syndrome Social support Quality of life (healthcare) health behavior Community health center Environmental health Medicine Humans Empowerment education psychosocial factors media_common education.field_of_study participatory action research business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health adult women Community health Quality of Life Female Health Services Research business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11103, p 11103 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 21 |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a participatory action research (PAR) on reducing the metabolic syndrome risk factors among the Koran adult women. The effectiveness of the PAR intervention was examined using a one-group pretest-post-test design. The data were collected from 58 adult women living in a community health center in Ulsan, Korea, between May and November 2016. The psychosocial factors (empowerment, social support, and quality of life), metabolic-related indices, and health behaviors were collected to measure the intervention’s efficiency. After applying it, the participants’ empowerment, social support, and health-related quality of life increased significantly, as compared to the pre-test. Furthermore, their metabolic-related indices improved significantly in the post-test, as compared to the pre-test. Therefore, the PAR intervention was found to be effective in enhancing the psychosocial factors, metabolic-related indices, and health behaviors in the aforementioned population and could be applied to other community health centers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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