background: increasing of chronic patients who need permanent support andstaff who are daily exposed to psychological stress need to hospitals that note to health promotion programs. healthpromoting hospitals (hph)was expressed by the world health organization in the 1990s. so a large numberof hospitals in the world have implemented health promotion programs. but hospitalsin iran not implement ...

background: injuries are the first leading but predictable, avoidable and preventable cause of death among under five-year children worldwide. the present study aimed to identify the factors associated with mothers' beliefs and practices concerning injury prevention in under five-year children . methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted from august to october 2011 in hamadan county, the...

This paper argues that health promotion needs to develop an approach to evaluation and effectiveness that values qualitative methodologies. It posits the idea that qualitative research could learn from the experience of quantitative researchers and promote more useful ways of measuring effectiveness by the use of intermediate and indirect indicators. It refers to a European-wide project designe...

This study describes the effects of garden-based education on children's vegetable consumption. As part of a pre-post panel study, 236 students complete the Garden Vegetable Frequency Questionnaire and 161 complete a taste test. Results indicate that school gardening may affect children's vegetable consumption, including improved recognition of, attitudes toward, preferences for, and willingnes...

conclusions female and older students are at higher risk of developing unhealthy lifestyle. consequently, healthcare providers, health instructors, schoolteachers, and families must pay more attention to these students. moreover, as most of lifelong healthy and unhealthy lifestyle habits are established during adolescence, developing effective health promotion and disease prevention strategies ...