Developing a Health-Promotion Program Based on the Action Research Paradigm to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Blue Collar Workers.

Abstract

This study developed and evaluated a health management program based on the participant-centered concept of action research to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among blue collar workers. Data from structured questionnaires completed by 32 workers in a small-to-medium sized workplace from September 2015 to October 2016 as well as participants' anthropometrical (weight and waist) and biological (blood pressure, glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol) data were analyzed using paired t-test and Fisher's exact test. To examine the longitudinal effect of the intervention, survival analysis and linear mixed model (LMM) were used. There was an improvement in participants' self-regulation in maintaining health-promoting behaviors, body weight, blood pressure, and HDL cholesterol following the intervention. Furthermore, the effects of the health management program continued even after the program ended. These findings suggest that the health management program developed in this study could be effective in reducing CVD risk factors among workers in small-to-medium sized workplaces and should be applied to other small-to-medium sized workplaces to foster health-promoting behaviors.

• Authors: Won Ju Hwang, Jin Ah Kim
• Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health (Int J Environ Res Public Health) Vol. 16 Issue 24 (12 06 2019) ISSN: 1660-4601 [Electronic] Switzerland
• PMID: 31817658 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Cholesterol, HDL
• Triglycerides
• Cholesterol

Topics

• Adult
• Blood Pressure (physiology)
• Cardiovascular Diseases (etiology, prevention & control)
• Cholesterol (blood)
• Cholesterol, HDL (blood)
• Female
• Health Behavior
• Health Promotion (methods, organization & administration)
• Health Services Research
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Occupational Health Services (organization & administration)
• Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
• Risk Factors
• Triglycerides (blood)
• Workplace