Factors Influencing Health Promoting Behaviours in Women of Reproductive Age in Iran: Based on Pender’s Health Promotion Model

Authors

  • Faramarz Shaahmadi Department of Health Promotion and Education, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Davoud Shojaeizadeh Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Education, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5267-2077
  • Roya Sadeghi Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Education, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1963-5092
  • Zohreh Arefi PhD Candidate, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0665-3072

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.460

Keywords:

Health-promoting behaviours, HPLP II, Pender’s health promotion model, Reproductive age

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Health promotion behaviours are considered as preventives of non-communicable diseases and key determinants of maintaining and improving the health status.

AIM: This study aimed to investigate and identify effective factors on health-promoting behaviours based on Pender model in women of reproductive age from February to April 2017, in Savojbolagh, Iran.

METHODS: This cross-sectional study is conducted on 240 women aged between 15 to 49 years in Savojbolagh, Iran, in 2017. The questionnaire consisted of several items, including socio-demographic characteristics, health-promoting lifestyle profile-II (HPLP-II), self-efficacy, social support and constructs of Pender’s health promotion model. SPSS-18 software has been applied for statistical analysis.

RESULTS: The mean age of the women was 31.10 ± 7.29 years. Total HPLP-II score was 106.64 ± 11.93. The highest and the lowest mean in the subscales were belonged to nutrition and physical activity, respectively. According to the bivariate analysis, the total HPLP-II score is significantly related to prior health-related behaviour (p = 0.000). There was a statistically significant relationship between stress management and the variables including perceived benefits, perceived barriers, prior health-related behaviour, situational influences, commitment to a plan of action (p < 0.05). Also, health responsibility had a statistically significant relationship with self-efficacy (p < 0.05).

CONCLUSION: According to our results, it can be inferred that there is a problem with the HPBs of women. Considering that health-promoting behaviours like physical activity had a low score, it is a necessity to plan and perform interventions for improving health promotion behaviours.

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Published

2019-07-10

How to Cite

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Shaahmadi F, Shojaeizadeh D, Sadeghi R, Arefi Z. Factors Influencing Health Promoting Behaviours in Women of Reproductive Age in Iran: Based on Pender’s Health Promotion Model. Open Access Maced J Med Sci [Internet]. 2019 Jul. 10 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];7(14):2360-4. Available from: https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/view/oamjms.2019.460

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E - Public Health