Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 19, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19127390
Keywords
healthy behaviors; residential characteristics; decision tree
Funding
- Korean Society for Preventive Medicine - Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
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This study suggests that promoting healthy behaviors should take into account individual characteristics, accessibility to local exercise facilities, and residential area characteristics. Findings revealed that among men, the unemployed, those aged 40-50, living in rural areas, and experiencing stress had lower levels of healthy behavior practices. For women living in areas with smaller populations, their healthy behavior practices were below average. Both men and women with below-average healthy behavior practices reported limited access to exercise facilities and fair or poor self-rated health statuses.
In this study, we sought to identify relevant factors in healthy behavior practices, including not only individual-level variables but also regional and physical environments. Data from the Korea Community Health Survey (KCHS) of Gyeongsangnam-do in 2018 were used, with data from 16,519 of the 17,947 individuals (excluding 1428 individuals who had missing values) who participated in the survey. Healthy behavior practices were defined as meeting the criteria for all three modifiable healthy behaviors (non-smoking, moderate alcohol consumption, regular walking). A decision tree analysis was performed. In men, healthy behavior practices were lower in the unemployed population, in those aged 40-50 years, living in rural residential areas, and with stress. For women who lived in areas with small populations (<100,000 population), healthy behavior practices were below-average. Men and women who had below-average healthy behavior practices reported poor access to places for exercise and fair or poor self-rated health statuses. It is necessary to implement a health behavior practice intervention that considers not only individual characteristics but also access to local exercise facilities and residential area characteristics (urban, rural). Since age is an important variable in healthy behaviors for both men and women, customized programs that consider age should be provided.
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