The Relationship Between General Health And Health-Promoting Behaviors In Workers At The Organic Fertilizer Production and Recycling Company of Isfahan's Municipality, 2015
Alireza Abedijondani, Shayesteh Salehi*Nursing and Midwifery School, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (khorasgan)Branch ,Isfahan, Iran Corresponding Author Email : 1-abedijo55@yahoo.com
Abstract: Workers' general health in different dimensions is an important issue in working environment. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between general health and health-promoting behaviors in workers employed in Isfahan’s organic fertilizer production and recycling Company. This study is cross-sectional and of descriptive-correlation type. The statistical population included 119 individuals out of all workers employed in various units of the Isfahan’s organic fertilizer production and recycling Company. Considering the limitation, the samples were chosen in the form of census. The information was collected from 100 workers. To investigate the general health, GHQ-28 questionnaire was used, and for evaluation of health-promoting behaviors, HPLP II questionnaire were used. To analyze the data, inferential and analytical statistical tests were employed. The results indicated that considering general health problems, 61% of workers had no or minimum level of problem, 38% had a(psychologic) psychological problem, and 1% suffered from problems at a moderate level. With respect to health-promoting behaviors, 23% of workers were at a poor level, 73% were moderate, and only 4% lied within the range of good. Further, it was found that there is an inverse and significant relationship between health promoting behaviors across various dimensions and the sum of health promoting behaviors with the problems of general health in workers (p<0.05). Based on the obtained results, it is recommended that programs be planned to enhance health promoting behaviors in working environment and personal environment of workers by health experts as well as the relevant authorities, thereby facilitating conductance of these behaviors.
Keywords: General health; health promoting behaviors; recycling workers Back to TOC