Sedlak C A, Doheny M O, Jones S L
Kent State University, School of Nursing, Ohio, USA.
Orthop Nurs. 1998 May-Jun;17(3):53-60.
To assess whether young women who participate in an osteoporosis prevention program based on the Health Belief (Rosenstock, 1966) and Self-Efficacy Models (Bandura, 1977) demonstrate higher levels of knowledge regarding osteoporosis prevention than young women who do not participate in such a program.
A classic experimental design with one treatment group and one control group was used to test the efficacy of the osteoporosis prevention program. Pretest data on knowledge, health belief attitudes (7 subscales), and self-efficacy (2 subscales) were collected in the treatment and control groups.
A convenience sample of 31 young college women were randomly assigned to an experimental group or to a control group to receive an osteoporosis prevention program.
Subjects in the experimental and control groups completed the Osteoporosis Knowledge Test, the Osteoporosis Health Belief Scale, and the Osteoporosis Self-Efficacy Scale (Kim et al., 1991) at two times. The experimental group received an osteoporosis prevention program.
Osteoporosis, Health Belief, Self-Efficacy, Women's Health.
Subjects in the experimental group had significantly higher knowledge and health belief scores after receiving the intervention than their pretest scores while subjects in the control group had no change in scores.
The osteoporosis program was effective in increasing awareness of osteoporosis prevention in this group of young women.
The results may be useful for developing young women's awareness and knowledge of osteoporosis prevention. Future research could include developing osteoporosis prevention programs at an earlier age when girls are in grade school and junior high school. Teaching health promotion strategies for bone health is essential to all women across the life span.
评估参与基于健康信念模型（罗森斯托克，1966年）和自我效能模型（班杜拉，1977年）的骨质疏松症预防项目的年轻女性，与未参与此类项目的年轻女性相比，是否对骨质疏松症预防有更高水平的认知。
采用经典实验设计，设置一个治疗组和一个对照组来测试骨质疏松症预防项目的效果。在治疗组和对照组收集了关于知识、健康信念态度（7个分量表）和自我效能（2个分量表）的预测试数据。
选取31名年轻女大学生作为便利样本，随机分为实验组或对照组以接受骨质疏松症预防项目。
实验组和对照组的受试者在两个时间点完成骨质疏松症知识测试、骨质疏松症健康信念量表和骨质疏松症自我效能量表（金等人，1991年）。实验组接受骨质疏松症预防项目。
骨质疏松症、健康信念、自我效能、女性健康。
实验组受试者在接受干预后的知识和健康信念得分显著高于预测试得分，而对照组受试者得分无变化。
骨质疏松症预防项目在提高这组年轻女性对骨质疏松症预防的认识方面是有效的。
研究结果可能有助于提高年轻女性对骨质疏松症预防的认识和知识。未来的研究可以包括在女孩处于小学和初中阶段的更早年龄开展骨质疏松症预防项目。向所有年龄段的女性传授骨骼健康促进策略至关重要。
