Socio-Demographic Variables Influencing Involvement in Exercise as Health Promotion Practice among Female Police Officers in Imo State, Nigeria (Published)
The study investigated the socio-demographic variables influencing involvement in exercise as health promotion practice among female police officers in Imo State, Nigeria using a cross-sectional survey design. A structured and validated questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.849 was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The study revealed that female police officers are involved in exercise which is a positive health promotion practice. There is significant difference in the involvement in exercise among female police officers in Imo State with respect to marital status. Age makes significant difference in the involvement in exercise among female police officers in Imo State. There is significant difference in the involvement in exercise among female police officers in Imo State with respect to level of education. Religion makes significant difference in the involvement in exercise among female police officers in Imo State. It was recommended that the female police officers should sustain their exercise pattern. There should be more sensitization workshops, seminars and conferences by Nigeria Police Force for female police officers to encourage them to continue in their exercise behaviour.
Keywords: Exercise, Female Police Officers, Health promotion, Socio-Demographic Variables