An Exploration of Health Concerns & Health-Promotion Behaviors in Pregnant Women Over Age 35

Abstract Purpose: Little is known the link between and health promotion behaviors and spiritual well-being in pregnant women. The study aimed to address the existing gap in the context to explore the direct and indirect effect of spirituality on health promotion behaviors with mediatory roles of pregnancy stress, anxiety, and coping ways.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to sampled 200 pregnant women aged above 18 years with gestational age of at least 12 weeks. All participants completed five questionnaires including; Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP), Spiritual Well-Being scale (SWBS), State-Anxiety Inventory (SAI), Prenatal Coping Inventory (Nu-PCI), and Revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (NuPDQ). A PLS-SEM model (Partial Least Square Structural Equation) was applied to determine whether spirituality can affect the health promotion behaviors through anxiety, pregnancy stress and coping ways.Results: HPLP were negatively related to state-anxiety (β =-0.36; P<0.001) and positively to planning-preparation coping (β=0.23; P=0.001). Spirituality directly and negatively affected the state-anxiety (β=-0.41; P<0.001) and NuPDQ (β=-0.36; P<0.001), while a direct and positive significant impact on the coping domains including planning-preparation (β=0.36; P<0.001), avoidance (β=0.46; P<0.001), and spiritual-positive coping (β=0.48; P<0.001). Spirituality had a significant indirect effect on HPLP (β = 0.33; P<0.001), mediated through its association with state-anxiety and planning-preparation coping.Conclusion: Spiritual well-being improves promotion healthy behaviors of pregnant women both directly and indirectly by increases planning-preparation copings and decreases the anxiety.

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Investigating Health Promotion Behaviors of Pregnant Women Referring to Comprehensive Health Services Centers of Bushehr in 2016

Journal of Community Health Research ◽

10.18502/jchr.v8i1.560 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Mojtaba Fatahi Mojtaba Fatahi Ardakani ◽

Vida Sadat Anoosheh ◽

Ahmad Sotoudeh ◽

Abdullah Hajivandi ◽

Narges Sotoudeh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Standard Deviation ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Health Centers ◽

Health Promoting Behaviors ◽

Health Promotion Behaviors ◽

Comprehensive Health ◽

Health Promoting ◽

The Mean

Introduction: Health-promoting behaviors and healthy behaviors are the healing factors for the promotion of health in pregnant women. The purpose of this study was to determine the health promotion behaviors in pregnant women referring to the comprehensive health centers in Bushehr (the capital city of Bushehr Province, Iran) in 2016. Methods: In this descriptive study, 385 pregnant women referring to the comprehensive health centers were selected by convenience sampling. The data collection tool was a questionnaire consisting of two parts: the first part was related to demographic questions and the second part of the questionnaire was related to health promotion behaviors (Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile II) HPLP II which includes 52 questions. After confirming the validity and reliability of the tool, the data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, independent t-test, Pearson correlation, and one-way ANOVA. Results: The mean score of health promotion behaviors was desirable. Also, among dimensions of health promotion behaviors, the area of health accountability with the mean and standard deviation of (38.25 ± 5.78) had the highest score, and the range of physical activity with the mean and standard deviation of (16.24 ± 5.47) had the lowest score. The age (being under 25 years old) and collegiate education level, among the demographic variables, had a significant relationship with health-promoting behaviors (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The result of the study indicated a moderate level of health promotion behaviors in women participating in the present study. Therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to the areas of physical activity, stress management, and social relationships.

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Relationship between Job Stress, Health Promotion Behaviors and Health Status among Korean Female Navy Soldiers on Warship

Korean Journal of Military Nursing Research ◽

10.31148/kjmnr.2017.35.1.53 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 53-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yu-Kyung Kim ◽

Sun-Mi Lee ◽

Sun-Ok Jung ◽

Un-Hui Shim ◽

Mi-Young Roh

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Health Status ◽

Job Stress ◽

Health Promotion Behaviors

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Impacts of Aging Anxiety, Fear of Dementia, and Perception of Successful Aging on Health Promotion Behaviors among Middle-aged women

Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction ◽

10.22251/jlcci.2020.20.5.921 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (5) ◽

pp. 921-939

Author(s):

Mirae Jo ◽

Hyunjin Lee ◽

Yun Hwa Kang ◽

Yu Ree Shin ◽

Seon Yeong Han ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Health Promotion Behaviors ◽

Aging Anxiety

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Health promotion behaviours of pregnant women and spiritual well‐being: Mediatory role of pregnancy stress, anxiety and coping ways

Nursing Open ◽

10.1002/nop2.905 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mohammad Chehrazi ◽

Mahbobeh Faramarzi ◽

Somayeh Abdollahi ◽

Maria Esfandiari ◽

Shiva Shafie rizi

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Well Being ◽

Spiritual Well Being ◽

And Coping

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Health Promotion Behavior among Older Korean Family Caregivers of People with Dementia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18084123 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (8) ◽

pp. 4123

Author(s):

Aram Cho ◽

Chiyoung Cha

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Univariate Analysis ◽

Family Members ◽

Capital City ◽

Care Plan ◽

Term Care ◽

Health Promotion Behaviors ◽

People With Dementia ◽

Health Promotion Behavior

People adopt health promotion behaviors to promote their health as they interact within the environment. The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing health promotion behaviors among older adults caring for family members with dementia. For this cross-sectional study, data from 135 older adults who were the main caregivers were collected at an outpatient clinic at a university hospital in the capital city of South Korea between September and October in 2020. Sociodemographic characteristics, caregiver-related characteristics, dementia knowledge, fear of dementia, and health promotion behaviors were measured. Univariate analysis revealed that the level of health promotion behaviors differed by age, sex, educational level, monthly income, relationship with the family member with dementia, and cohabitation with family members with dementia. In the multivariate analysis, a hierarchical multiple regression model explained 33.9% of the variance. Sex, duration of caregiving, use of long-term care service, and fear of dementia predicted health promotion behavior. A strategic tailored care plan for target population is needed to improve the health promotion behavior of older adults caring for family members with dementia.

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Between a woman and her fetus: Bedouin women mediators advance the health of pregnant women and babies in their society

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ◽

10.1186/s12884-021-03661-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Rachel Sharaby ◽

Hagit Peres

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Narrative Analysis ◽

Research Question ◽

Medical Knowledge ◽

Perinatal Health ◽

Child Health Services ◽

Self Confidence ◽

Active Approach ◽

Mother And Child

Abstract Introduction Bedouin women in Israel confront a challenging circumstance between their traditional patriarchal society and transition to modernity. In terms of reproductive health, they face grave disparities as women, pregnant women and mothers. In this article we aim to understand the challenges of Bedouin women who work as mediators in the promotion of Bedouin women’s perinatal health. We explore their challenges with the dual and often conflictual role as health peer-instructors-mediators in mother-and-child clinics, and also as members of a Bedouin community, embodying a status as women, mothers, and family caretakers. Drawn upon a feminist interpretative framework, the article describes their challenges in matters of perinatal health. Our research question is: how do women who traditionally suffer from blatant gender inequality utilize health-promotion work to navigate and empower themselves and other Bedouin women. Methods Based on an interpretive feminist framework, we performed narrative analysis on eleven in-depth interviews with health mediators who worked in a project in the Negev area of Israel. The article qualitatively analyses the ways in which Bedouin women mediators narrate their challenging situations. Results This article shows how difficult health mediators’ task may be for women with restricted education who struggle for autonomy and better social and maternal status. Through their praxis, women mediators develop a critical perspective without risking their commitments as women who are committed to their work as well as their society, communities, and families. These health mediators navigate their ways between the demands of their employer (the Israeli national mother and child health services) and their patriarchal Bedouin society. While avoiding open conflictual confrontations with both hegemonic powers, they also develop self-confidence and a critical and active approach. Conclusions The article shows the ways by which the mediator’s activity involved in perinatal health-promotion may utilize modern perinatal medical knowledge to increase women’s awareness and autonomy over their pregnant bodies and their role as caregivers. We hope our results will be applicable for other women as well, especially for women who belong to other traditional and patriarchal societies.

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