Health Behavior among Teachers at the College of Health Sciences, Western University

Abstract

This research was survey research which aimed to 1) study teachers’ health behaviors 3E. (food consumption behavior, exercise behavior and stress management behavior) 2) develop guidelines for organizing health promotion activities that were consistent with teachers' health behaviors. The samples were 40 teachers of the College of Health Sciences, Kanchanaburi, Western University. They were aged 25-59 years with work experience of 1 year or more. The research instrument was a questionnaire of which the content validity was verified by three experts. The reliability value was assessed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient which was equal to 0.79. The statistical analysis used were frequency, percentages, means and standard deviations. The results found that the majority of sample were 70% females, with the average age of 40±10.31 years, average work experience (1-12 years) of 7±4.52 years, 75% of them consumed nutritious food occasionally, 67.5% of them never exercised and 52.5% of them regularly managed stress. Guidelines for organizing health promotion activities included: adding food varieties sold on campus, organizing exercise project for health promotion and offering volitional vacation to teachers.