Thursday, July 10, 2003: 1:00 PM-2:30 PM | |||
Health Promotion and Physical Fitness in Military and Civilian Personnel: Preparation for Homeland Defense | |||
| Learning Objective #1: List two important internal human factors that often lead to enhancement of health promoting behaviors | |||
| Learning Objective #2: Explain how self-efficacy can mediate exercise adherence despite differing orientations for men and women | |||
| Health promotion in the military is necessary for preparing a force that is fit and ready for mobilization in the event of war or homeland defense. It will also become increasingly important for civilian personnel to prepare for homeland defense, as was observed on September 11, 2001. Police, fire fighters, and health care providers will be called upon for rapid response in the wake of terrorist attacks. Both military and civlian personnel need to examine their health status and fitness levels. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors account for approximately 70% of all early deaths in the United States today and risky behaviors continue to include lack of physical exercise, poor nutritional practices, obesity and overweight status, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol consumption. National medical expenditures for employees and their families currently exceed billions of dollars annually. The active duty military has instituted many programs to promote health; however, there is a current need to further evaluate the effectiveness of health promotion programs and practices through solid research. This symposium is designed to address the current state of the science regarding military and civilian personnel health promotion efforts and their evaluation. Five studies will address efforts to uncover the most salient factors for promoting health in military and civilian employee populations. Studies highlighted in this symposium focus on health promotion and shed light on the similarity and confirmation of findings, especially in relation to internal self-efficacy and motivation for improving healthy activities. The studies also point out the importance of social support from co-workers, friends, and family members as a means to enhance the frequency of health promoting behaviors. Employee health promotion programs need to be designed with these factors incorporated into their structures, and program evaluation must accompany the initial planning efforts so that quality and cost outcomes can be fully measured. | |||
| Organizer: | Christine A. Wynd, RN, PhD, CNAA, Professor of Nursing | ||
| Health Promotion in Military Women Janice B. Griffin Agazio, RN, DNSc, CPNP, (LTC, Ret, USA), Assistant Professor | |||
| Factors Associated with Physical Activity and Exercise in Active Duty Female Soldiers Laura R. Brosch, PhD, RN, Deputy, Regulatory Compliance and Quality, Debra DePaul, MSN, RN, Program Manager, Melissa A. Forsythe, PhD, RN, Chief, Surgical and Neuroscience Nursing | |||
| Health Promoting Behaviors and Mobilization Readiness: An Adherence Model for Regular Physical Activity in Military Reservists Mary Ellen Simpson, PhD, MS, RN, CDC Epidemiologist | |||
| Promotion of Health Behaviors in Army and Civilian Health Care Personnel: The Effects of Individual Motivation and Organizational Culture Christine A. Wynd, RN, PhD, CNAA, Professor of Nursing | |||
| Factors Associated with Successful Institutionalization of Health Promotion Programs Margaret A. Holder, PhD, RN, Head, Population Health | |||
14th International Nursing Research Congress
Sigma Theta Tau International
10-12 July 2003