INTRODUCTION Information and communication technologies (ICTs) play a key role in improving health and maintaining health promoting behaviours. ICTs are therefore one potential solution for promoting healthy lifestyles. In addition, they can assist in the reduction and control of the menace of both communicable and non-communicable diseases. This study will map evidence of interventions that de...

In Western society, the fresh-cut fruit market is experiencing significant growth, especially in Italy, where, 2019, sales volume increased by 35% compared with previous year. This study aims to understand Italian consumers’ demand for fruits and explore whether this trend also affected prevalence of healthy lifestyles. Health orientation seems, fact, be a growing food sector. Research has reco...

This paper proposes a paradigm shift in health care from a focus on death and disability to one on health empowerment resulting in improved cardiovascular lifestyles for all Canadians. It describes a national interprofessional initiative to achieve this new vision in the area of cardiovascular health promotion. Achieving Cardiovascular Health in Canada (ACHIC) is a partnership of health profess...

Existing research that studies individual health behaviors and conceive of behaviors as simplistically reflecting narrow intentions toward health may obscure the social organization of health behaviors. Instead, we examine how eight health behaviors group together to form distinct health behavior niches. Using nationally-representative data from U.S. adults aged 18 and over from the 2004-2009 N...

Abstract The association between older adults' everyday activities, health and subjective wellbeing has mostly been examined using different activities as separate variables. It not analysed which are likely to come together in individuals' daily time use patterns, or what context. Meanwhile, combinations of contextual variables may indicate distinctive lifestyles. This study looks at a broad r...

Women's health at any point in their lives, from before birth through old age, reflects a multitude of factors, including environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic. However, even in parts of the world where women have achieved control over family planning and family resources and equal men in educational opportunities, the increase in their life expectancy, although greater than men's, is flat...

The purpose of this study is to understand the current status of the establishment of “general health education curriculum” by technical institutes and universities in Taiwan. A questionnaire survey method was used. A total of 75 questionnaires were sent and 41 were returned; the valid return rate was 54.7%. The result showed that the courses on general health can be categorized into four group...

BACKGROUND Advances in coronary artery surgery have reduced patient morbidity and mortality. Nevertheless, patients still have to face physical, psychological, and social problems after discharge from hospital. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of Pender's health promotion model in predicting cardiac surgery patients' lifestyles in Iran. METHODS This cross...