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The experiences of women of reproductive age regarding health-promoting behaviours: A qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Health promotion is critical for community and family health. Health-promoting behaviours provide solutions for maintaining and promoting health. Although several studies have addressed the frequency and different types of health-promoting behaviours in women, little information is avail...

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Autores principales: Baheiraei, Azam, Mirghafourvand, Mojgan, Mohammadi, Eesa, Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22846587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-573
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author Baheiraei, Azam
Mirghafourvand, Mojgan
Mohammadi, Eesa
Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh
author_facet Baheiraei, Azam
Mirghafourvand, Mojgan
Mohammadi, Eesa
Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh
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description BACKGROUND: Health promotion is critical for community and family health. Health-promoting behaviours provide solutions for maintaining and promoting health. Although several studies have addressed the frequency and different types of health-promoting behaviours in women, little information is available about their experiences. This study aimed to explore the experiences of women of reproductive age regarding health-promoting behaviours. METHODS: In the present study, which was conducted in Tehran, Iran, 15 females, who were selected purposefully, participated in individual in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed using conventional content analysis. RESULTS: Nine main categories were derived from the analysis, including establishing an appropriate eating pattern, establishing a balanced rest/activity pattern, spirituality, stress management, personal sensitivity and responsibility, establishing an appropriate pattern of social interactions, practicing safe and healthy recreations, feeling improvement in physical-functional health, and feeling improvement in emotional and psychological health. The first 7 categories represent the nature and types of real health-promoting behaviours in women of reproductive age, whereas the last 2 constitute feeling and understanding of the implementation of these behaviours. CONCLUSION: The study findings show that the women experience improvement in physical-functional, emotional, and psychological health by implementing health-promoting behaviours. It is therefore necessary to introduce strategies in the context of the community culture for improving different aspects of health-promoting behaviours in women of reproductive age to maintain and improve their overall health.
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spelling pubmed-34907302012-11-07 The experiences of women of reproductive age regarding health-promoting behaviours: A qualitative study Baheiraei, Azam Mirghafourvand, Mojgan Mohammadi, Eesa Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Health promotion is critical for community and family health. Health-promoting behaviours provide solutions for maintaining and promoting health. Although several studies have addressed the frequency and different types of health-promoting behaviours in women, little information is available about their experiences. This study aimed to explore the experiences of women of reproductive age regarding health-promoting behaviours. METHODS: In the present study, which was conducted in Tehran, Iran, 15 females, who were selected purposefully, participated in individual in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed using conventional content analysis. RESULTS: Nine main categories were derived from the analysis, including establishing an appropriate eating pattern, establishing a balanced rest/activity pattern, spirituality, stress management, personal sensitivity and responsibility, establishing an appropriate pattern of social interactions, practicing safe and healthy recreations, feeling improvement in physical-functional health, and feeling improvement in emotional and psychological health. The first 7 categories represent the nature and types of real health-promoting behaviours in women of reproductive age, whereas the last 2 constitute feeling and understanding of the implementation of these behaviours. CONCLUSION: The study findings show that the women experience improvement in physical-functional, emotional, and psychological health by implementing health-promoting behaviours. It is therefore necessary to introduce strategies in the context of the community culture for improving different aspects of health-promoting behaviours in women of reproductive age to maintain and improve their overall health. BioMed Central 2012-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3490730/ /pubmed/22846587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-573 Text en Copyright ©2012 Baheiraei et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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