One of the consequences of living in this century of machine and technology development is poverty in movement and reduction in physical activity. This study aimed to examine the predictive factors of physical activity in health volunteers based on the structures of Pender's health promotion model. This study was perform 80 health volunteers working at urban and rural health centers that were s...

'Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health'. This stream of public health is emerging as a critical domain within the realm of disease prevention. Over the last two decades, the curative model of health care has begun a subtle shift towards a participatory model of health promotion emphasizing upon practice of healthy lifestyles and ...

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ivanova et al explored how vulnerable groups and principles of human rights are incorporated into national sexual and reproductive health (srh) policies in 4 countries. they adapted the equiframe of amin and colleagues of 2011, to srh vulnerable groups which we believe could now be used for analysis of national srh polices beyond those 4 countries. although we fully agree with the authors’ two ...

abstract aims: physical inactivity has been identified as the 4th leading risk factor for global mortality causing an estimated of 3.2million deaths per year. this study aimed to assess the physical activity of health volunteers with pender's health promotion model. instrument & methods: this cross-sectional analytical study was performed on 80 health volunteers in torbat-e-jam city, iran,...

background and objective: a healthy lifestyle is one of the basic health promotion strategies. several factors are involved in shaping health promotion behaviors. the internal barriers are the opinion and feelings that surround the individual and are the reasons that complicate the change of behavior. the aim of this study was to identify internal motivations and barriers effective on the healt...

background determinants of health or health production function in health economics literature constitute noticeable issues in health promotion. this study aimed at estimating a health production function for east mediterranean region (emr) based on the grossman theoretical model.   methods this ecological study was performed using the econometric methods. the panel data model was used in order...

background and aim: health-promoting lifestyle (hpl) is one of the main criteria which determine health and underlying factors preventing the health-threatening factors. hpl includes six dimensions of spiritual growth, health responsibility, nutrition, stress management, interpersonal relations, and physical activity. considering the importance of students’ health, both at individual and social...