Factors influencing a health promoting lifestyle in spouses of active duty military.

The purpose of this study was to understand the factors influencing the health promoting behaviors (HPBs) of military spouses. Pender's Health Promotion Model provided the theoretical framework guiding this study. One hundred twelve female spouses were surveyed regarding their perceived health status, perceived stress, self-efficacy, social support, and participation in HPBs.

Determinants of health-promoting behaviors in military spouses during deployment separation.

The purpose of this research was to describe predictors of participation in health-promoting behaviors among military spouses. A total of 105 female spouses of currently deployed active duty military members were surveyed to determine their perceived stress and participation in the health-promoting behaviors of exercise, diet, checkups, substance use/avoidance, social behaviors, stress management/rest, and safety/environmental behaviors. Demographic and deployment information was also collected.

Finding a balance: health promotion challenges of military women.

In this study, we explored what may determine, or predict, United States military women's health promotion behaviors. Using a descriptive correlational design grounded in Pender's Health Promotion model, 491 military women completed instruments measuring their demographic variables, perception of health, definition of health, self-efficacy, and interpersonal influences to determine the significant factors affecting participation in health promotion activities. The outcome indicated that self-efficacy and interpersonal influences were the most influential in determining health promotion.

Stress, coping, and well-being in military spouses during deployment separation.

This study examined the relationships between stress, coping, general well-being, and sociodemographic characteristics using Lazarus and Folkman's theory of stress and coping. A descriptive correlational design was used. The sample consisted of 105 female spouses of currently deployed active duty military members.

Reducing the risks of wound consultation: adding digital images to verbal reports.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of digital images on the assessment and recommendations of a WOC nurse who was providing remote nurse-to-nurse consultations on home care patients with wounds.

Methods: In a descriptive comparative study, data were collected by home care nurses from a sample of 43 adult patients with a total of 89 wounds with various etiologies. To determine whether or not the addition of a digital photograph influenced the WOC nurse's assessment and recommendations, the WOC nurse first completed a wound assessment and recommendation form based on a verbal report from the home care nurse.

The use of digital images in evaluating homecare nurses' knowledge of wound assessment.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate homecare nurses' knowledge of wound assessment using digital images and case studies.

Design: A descriptive design was used.

Subjects And Setting: Subjects were a convenience sample of 33 registered nurses from a Washington, DC, metropolitan-based home health agency.

Health promotion in active-duty military women with children.

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which selected demographic characteristics, definition of health, perceived health status, perceived self-efficacy, and resources are related to the health promoting behaviors of active-duty women with children and to describe qualitatively the experience of being an active-duty mother. Grounded in Pender's (1996) Health Promotion Model, this study used methodological triangulation to test a hypothesized model. A sample of 141 active-duty women with children using military health services participated.