Abstract

SALAMANCA-RAMOS, Emilce. The lifestyles of people attached to Villavicencio’s social programmes working as women’s health promoters. Orinoquia [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.2, pp.213-219. ISSN 0121-3709.

Chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCD) have caused concern for and continue to affect the public health of countries all around the world. Promoting health as a strategy for preventing NCDs has been strengthened in the institutions and health organisations for controlling them, aimed at understanding people’s behaviour patterns regarding health, especially women, who play a transcendent role in education and inculcating healthy lifestyle habits. This work was thus aimed at determining the lifestyle profiles of people attached to Villavicencio’s Social Prosperity Department’s (Departamento de Prosperidad Social - DPS) social programmes working as women’s health promoters. This was a quantitative descriptive study; the population consisted of 4,518 women and sample of 354. The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP-II) (Pender and Walker, 1996) was used for collecting the information; the resulting data led to a score of 112 to 164 points regarding health promoters’ lifestyles (78.8% frequency, 2.5 mean), homogeneity of dimensions being maintained, except for the physical activity subscale (1.86 mean). Health and education programmes promoting healthy lifestyles in this population must be encouraged, especially when women are leaders in the community and in their families. The work also raised awareness of physical activity being the aspect which needs further strengthening.

Keywords : Health promotion; lifestyle; disease prevention.

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