Newswise — Being a good role model can help a spouse to adopt a healthy lifestyle.新闻立-做个好榜样可以帮助配偶采取健康的生活方式.

When one spouse quits smoking or drinking, gets a cholesterol screening or rolls up a sleeve for a flu shot, the other spouse is more likely to follow suit, according to a new study published in the journal Health Services Research .当一方配偶钱途吸烟或饮酒意气风发的胆固醇筛检或卷了袖子,为流感疫苗注射后,另一方是更可能仿效,但根据一项新的研究报告发表在杂志卫生服务研究.

“We consistently find that when one spouse improves his or her behavior, the other spouse is likely to do so as well,” said study co-author Tracy Falba, Ph.D."我们始终认为,当一方配偶提高他或她的行为,另一方是有可能这样做,并说:"研究合著李翠falba博士

“It isn’t clear which spouse drives the change, but it is clear that these things happen together,” said Falba, a visiting assistant professor in Duke University’s Center for Health Policy, Law and Management."目前尚不清楚哪一方所有驱动器的变化,但显而易见的是,这些事情一起说:"falba,一名客座助理教授,美国杜克大学的研究所卫生政策,法律和管理.

The study found that a spouse’s influence differed depending on the health behavior.研究发现,如果配偶中的影响力有所不同,视乎健康行为. The sway of the positive role model was strongest when it came to smoking and drinking and weaker for things like getting more vigorous exercise and having a cholesterol test.摇晃了积极的示范作用最强,当它来到的吸烟及饮酒较弱东西插上更有力的行使具有胆固醇测试.

In the case of flu shots, a spouse’s influence can be “quite striking,” Falba said.在发生流感,配偶的影响,可以"相当惊人",falba说. Husbands whose wives start getting the yearly shot have a 60 percent likelihood of getting the shot themselves, compared with a 21 percent likelihood among husbands whose wives do not get the shot.丈夫的妻子开始越来越每年拍一个60岁左右的可能性越来越枪伤自己相比21%之间似丈夫的妻子却得不到镜头.

Many studies have shown that a spouse’s habits — and sometimes even marriage itself — can influence individual health behaviors.许多研究显示,有配偶的习惯,有时甚至是婚姻本身可能影响个人健康行为. A 2006 study from researchers at Northwestern University found that marriage tends to make young men and women “clean up their act” and indulge in less binge drinking and marijuana use.2006年一项研究,由研究员西北大学发现婚姻往往也使年轻男女的"清理他们的行为",并一味地少饮酒和吸食大麻.

Unlike some previous research on positive health behavior, the new study tracked changes in both spouses at the same time.不像以前的一些研究积极健康的行为,而新的研究跟踪变化夫妻双方在同一时间.

The findings could point toward a new strategy for doctors looking to improve the health of married patients, Falba said.结果可能一点关系推向一个新的策略,找医生,以提高人的健康已婚病人,falba说.

“For example, interventions to increase exercise or reduce abusive drinking might provide explicit tips about how to get the spouse involved in exercise or how to get the spouse to help reduce drinking cues in the couple’s lives,” Falba said."举例来说,干预,以增加运动或降低秽饮酒可能提供明确的提示,说明如何让配偶参与行使或如何找配偶,以帮助减少饮酒线索夫妇的生命,"falba说.