Abstract:
The pyeposes of this experinental study were to exam the effects of health promotion program on exercise behavior and health status among middle-aged obese women in chachoengsao ptovince. The samples were 40 middle-aged obese women. They were divided into 2 groups, 20 in experimental geoup and 20 in control group. The experimental instruments consisted of health promotion program, handbook of middle-aged obese women exercise bhavior promotion, sphygmomanoneter, stethoscope, watch, weighing scale and ruler tape. The research instruments were the demographic questionnaire. perceived self-efficacy on exercise behavior questionnaire. expected outcome on exercise gehavior questionnaire. exercise behavior record and health status record. The reliability of perceived self-efficacy and expected outcome questions were high (r=.89, r=.97). Frequency, percentage, mean, standad deviation, maximum, minimum, t- test, ANOVA and ANOVA repeated measurement were used to analyze the data.The result showed that;after the experiment and l month follow up:the experimental group had regular exercise behavior but the control group did not gave regular exercise behavior. The experimental group had significant perceived of exercise self-efficacy higher than before the experment (F=42040,p<.01) and higher than control group (t=11.89,p = .01;t = 12.53, p = .01). The experimental group had statistically significant exercise expected outcome higher than before the experiment (F=94.37,p<.01) and higher than control group (t=7.23,p<.01; t = 7.21,p<.01). Heal status (body weight, body mass index,pulse, diastolic blood pressure, waist/hip circumference ratio) of the experimental group after the experiment was statisticslly significant better than prior to the experiment and than than the control group.