INTRODUCTION Lifestyle during pregnancy has long-term effects on health of mother and child. Having previous illness or unexpected maternal or fetal conditions such as preeclampsia can complicate pregnancy and interfere with health-promoting behaviors and cause stress might interfere with health-promoting behaviors. This study was carried out to examine the relationship between health-promoting...

background: for the controlling of hospital infectious, keeping hospitals' environmental health in a good condition is of importance. keeping environmental health situation of hospitals in a good condition is very important to control of hospital infectious. a descriptive survey was performed at the all nine hospitals of kermanshah university of medical sciences, iran, in 1998. methods: the dat...

BACKGROUND The current situation of health promotion (HP) services in hospitals of Iran is unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the status of HP in hospitals in Isfahan, Iran. METHODS This study is a cross-sectional survey in which 9 educational hospitals selected through census sampling. HP self-assessment was used for the data collection. The assessment teams formed, and evidence ex...

OBJECTIVES To explore perceptions of healthcare stakeholders' about health promoting hospitals, potential benefits and need in Pakistan. METHODOLOGY A qualitative exploratory study was conducted between July-August 2007. The data was collected through key-informant (KI) interviews and focus group discussions (FGD) with purposively selected hospital administrators, healthcare providers, health...

background and purpose: prenatal health behaviors encompass different health-promoting behaviors in women of reproductive age, which improve physical and mental health, as well as pregnancy outcomes. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of prenatal training on the health-promoting behaviors of the women of reproductive age. materials and methods: this randomized controlled clinical trial was...

America’s hospitals and health systems are making a significant commitment to improving health care quality and innovation. Hospitals and health systems have demonstrated notable progress in recent years in quality improvement and transformation. As evident in numerous local and national efforts, health care outcomes across the six Institute of Medicine aims (care that is safe, timely, effectiv...