2000 Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 38-44
The purpose of this study was to evaluate community-based health education programs by examining health-related behavior and health-related behavioral traits using the Health Locus of Control (HLC) scale. To clarify the factors related to health-related behavior and health-related behavioral traits, a questionnaire survey was carried out on community residents undergoing the general health examinations in K City, Chiba Prefecture. It was found that, HLC internals had a more active effect upon health-related behavior than did HLC externals. But neither HLC internals nor externals were related to change in the community residents life style after undergoing the general health examinations.
