Factors Affecting Health-Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors Among Arab American Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kholoud Hardan-Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Arab American ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Health Promotion Behaviors ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Health Promoting Lifestyle

Introduction: An estimated 3.6 million Arab Americans live in the United States. Limited studies have addressed Arab American women’s health needs. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between personal factors (sociodemographic factors, degree of acculturation, psychological stress), health self-efficacy, social support, and health-promoting lifestyle behaviors among Arab American women in California. Method: A cross-sectional, correlational survey study involved 267 women. The survey assessed women’s personal factors, health self-efficacy, social support, and health promotion behaviors. Results: Age, education, orientation to American culture, psychological stress, health self-efficacy, and social support were strongly correlated with health promotion behaviors and explained 46% of its variance among participants, F(18, 248) = 10.657, p = .000, R2 = .46. Discussion: Participants scored low on both the physical activity and stress management of the health promotion subscales. Culturally sensitive interventions are needed to improve engagement in health promotion behaviors among these women.

scholarly journals Health Promoting Lifestyle and Perceived Social Support Measure of Nursing Students in a Selected College of Nursing

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32
Author(s):  
Rebecca Salud Tejada
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Personal Resource ◽  
Support Measure ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Health Promoting Lifestyle

Background: The importance of health promotion has been underscored in preventing the existing of certain diseases, safeguarding the health of the nation. However, certain factors must be considered in ensuring that all individuals are motivated in maintaining their highest health potential. This study aims to determine if there is a difference between the profile variables of the nursing students, their perceived social support measure and the Health-promoting lifestyles they practice. Methodology: A descriptive comparative research design was utilized in the study. Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II) and Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) was used to gather data to one hundred eighteen (118) nursing students. To analyze the gathered data, frequency, percentages, t-test and one-way ANOVA were used in the study. Results: Results revealed that respondents’ nutrition and stress management were significantly different with age group. It was also found that the respondents’ physical activity is significantly different with gender. Conclusion: Nutrition, physical activity, stress management and health responsibility were the lowest Health-promoting lifestyle behaviors.

scholarly journals Health Promoting Self-care Behaviors in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis in the Southeast of Iran: Developing a Model for Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 687-700
Author(s):  
Victoria Momenabadi ◽  
◽  
Mohammad Hossein Kaveh ◽  
Nouzar Nakhaee ◽  
Kambiz Karimzadeh Shirazi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Health Promoting

Introduction: Promoting self-care practice, as a critical strategy for enhancing the quality of life in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a challenging issue. This study aimed to propose a model of health-promoting self-care behaviors in MS patients. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 200 patients with MS, who had referred to the Hospital for Special Diseases in Kerman City, Iran, were chosen. The main data collection instruments were the multiple sclerosis knowledge questionnaire, the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, multiple sclerosis self-efficacy scale, questionnaire of perceived barriers and benefits of self-care behaviors, social support, the health promotion lifestyle profile II, and resilience and sense of coherence scale. Data analysis was conducted in SPSS V. 22 and AMOS18 software. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was also used for further analysis of data Results: The model explained 82% of variance in Health-Promoting self-care Behavior (HPB). The results of the final model obtained from the SEM showed that self-efficacy (β=0.53, SE=0.04, P= 0.007), self-esteem (β=0.39, SE=0.04, P=0.005), social support (β=0.36, SE=0.04, P=0.009), sense of coherence (β=0.34, SE=0.07, P=0.006), resilience (β=0.33, SE=0.07, P=0.018), and perceived benefits (β=0.25, SE=0.05, P=0.009) had a positive and significant relationship with HPB. Conclusion: The self-care empowerment model in patients with MS presented in this study can be used as a framework for designing health promotion interventions to improve the quality of life of patients with MS.

Health Promotion Behaviors and Its Predictors Among the College Students in Iran

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Bakouei ◽  
Seyed Jalil Seyedi-Andi ◽  
Afsaneh Bakhtiari ◽  
Soraya Khafri
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Promoting Behaviors ◽  
Health Promotion Behaviors ◽  
The Status ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Health Promoting Lifestyle ◽  
And Gender

The health-promoting behaviors form typically during adolescence and youth. This study was conducted to determine the status of the health-promoting behaviors in the students of Babol University of Medical Sciences and its predictors. This cross-sectional study was done on 350 students from April 2016 to July 2016. The applied questionnaires were health-promoting lifestyle profile II, general self-efficacy scale, and sociodemographic variables. Data were analyzed using the SPSS software by descriptive tests, one-way analysis of variance, and multivariable linear regression. The mean total health-promoting lifestyle profile II score was 126.79 ± 19.28. In the subscales, the participants scored the highest in interpersonal relations (24.62 ± 4.59) and the lowest in physical activity (16.53 ± 4.17). Analyses of the data showed that there was a significant association among some subscales of health-promoting behaviors and gender, family size, living in dormitory and also showed that self-efficacy remained as significant factor in relation to all subscales of health-promoting behaviors.

scholarly journals Predictors of a Health-Promoting Lifestyle in Women of Reproductive Age

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoumeh Bayat ◽  
Mansour Sharifi ◽  
Ali Pezhhan ◽  
Ali Baghaei Sarabi ◽  
Fariba Shayegan
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Health Promoting Lifestyle

Background: Considering that women are the main components of family health and the main models for education and promotion of healthy lifestyles to the next generation, the study of lifestyle and effective factors in promoting women’s health, especially at reproductive age, is of great importance. Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the predictors of a health-promoting lifestyle in women of reproductive age in Zahedan based on Pender’s health promotion model (HPM). Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 200 women aged 15 - 49 in Zahedan, Southeastern Iran, using multi-stage cluster sampling in 2019. The instruments used to collect the data were the demographic information form, the Perceived Self-Efficacy scale, the Perceived Social Support scale, the Perceived Emotions scale, the Perceived Barriers scale, and the health-promoting lifestyle profile II. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and multiple linear regression analysis using the enter method in SPSS software (version 25). Results: The mean score of health-promoting lifestyle was 69.82 ± 13.59 out of the score range of 32 to 128. The highest and lowest mean scores were related to the nutrition subscale (20.08 ± 4.3) and the exercise subscale (14.19 ± 4.51), respectively. It was shown that the health-promoting lifestyle had a significant positive correlation with perceived self-efficacy, perceived social support, and perceived emotions (P = 0.001) and a significant negative correlation with perceived barriers (P = 0.005). The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed perceived self-efficacy (P = 0.001), perceived social support, and perceived emotions were predictors of a health-promoting lifestyle in women of reproductive age (P = 0.05, P = 0.001), and these three variables together predicted 37% of the variations in the health-promoting lifestyle score. Conclusions: This study showed that women with 54.68% of the total lifestyle score did not have an acceptable lifestyle. Besides, perceived self-efficacy was the most important factor and the strongest predictor of women’s health-promoting lifestyle. Accordingly, some interventions must be planned and implemented to improve the health-promoting lifestyle in women of reproductive age and increase their self-efficacy.

Health Promotion Behaviors among Jordanians

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda G. Haddad ◽  
Rowaida M. Al-Ma'Aitah ◽  
Mary Grace Umlauf
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Health Promotion Behaviors ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Lifestyle Pattern ◽  
Health Promoting Lifestyle ◽  
Poor Nutrition

The purpose of this study was to survey the health-promoting lifestyle behaviors of Jordanian adults ( n = 950) and to identify any differences based on gender, age, marital status, income, education level, and health status. Exercise was consistently reported as the most important deficiency in all comparisons. The findings strongly support public health concerns about the growing prevalence (35%) of cardiovascular mortality. There is clear evidence of the cardiogenic Westernized lifestyle pattern of too little exercise, compounded by poor nutrition, and stress. The results strongly support the development of social marketing programs to increase economical and culturally acceptable forms of exercise among children, youths, and women in light of the projected population growth and the limited resources available for secondary and tertiary care.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document