Physical health status as a consequence of health practices
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Community Health
- Vol. 8 (4) , 217-228
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01666775
Abstract
The relationship between health practices and physical health status was examined in a sample of 542 adults. A sub-sample of these individuals were also studied prospectively. Strong relationships were found in the cross-sectional data. “Good” health practices were correlated with higher health status. The analysis of the prospective data collected 18 months after the first interview also revealed a strong relationship between previous health practices and subsequent physical health status. The relationship still obtains when previous health status is controlled.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences: background, conceptual issues, and selected findings.1981
- Persistence of health habits and their relationship to mortalityPreventive Medicine, 1980
- Responsibility for HealthScience, 1977
- Relationship of physical health status and health practicesPreventive Medicine, 1972
- MEASUREMENT OF PHYSICAL HEALTH IN A GENERAL POPULATION SURVEY1American Journal of Epidemiology, 1971
- Health Practices and Illness Among the AgedThe Gerontologist, 1970
- THE RATIONALE AND USE OF RIDIT ANALYSIS IN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF BLOOD PRESSURE1American Journal of Epidemiology, 1969
- A NOTE OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE RIDIT AS A QUANTILE RANK1American Journal of Epidemiology, 1968
- How to Use Ridit AnalysisPublished by JSTOR ,1958