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Facilitators and Inhibitors of Health-promoting Behaviors: The Experience of Iranian Women of Reproductive Age

BACKGROUND: There is scant information on the facilitators and inhibitors of health-promoting behaviors among reproductive-aged Iranian women. This study aims to explore the experience of factors influencing health-promoting behaviors among Iranian women of reproductive age from a qualitative perspe...

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Autores principales: Baheiraei, Azam, Mirghafourvand, Mojgan, Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh, Mohammadi, Eesa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049620
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author Baheiraei, Azam
Mirghafourvand, Mojgan
Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh
Mohammadi, Eesa
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Mirghafourvand, Mojgan
Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh
Mohammadi, Eesa
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description BACKGROUND: There is scant information on the facilitators and inhibitors of health-promoting behaviors among reproductive-aged Iranian women. This study aims to explore the experience of factors influencing health-promoting behaviors among Iranian women of reproductive age from a qualitative perspective. METHODS: This study was performed in Tehran in 2011, over about 8 months. Qualitative methods, specifically in-depth interviews, were used to gather data on 15 women of reproductive age. Data continued to be collected until introduction of new information ceased. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed by conventional content analysis. RESULTS: The reported factors were categorized into four main groups and 12 subgroups: (1) personal barriers (lack of time, school or work duties, lack of preparation or motivation, physical disability); (2) socio-environmental barriers (family responsibilities, environmental pressures, high-costs and financial pressures); (3) personal facilitators (personal interest and motivation, experience of disease); and (4) socio-environmental facilitators (family and social support networks, encouraging and motivating environment, media, and public education). CONCLUSIONS: In these women's experience, factors influencing health-promoting behaviors were either facilitators or inhibitors; most were inhibitors. The findings of this study show that, in addition to personal factors, the pursuit of health-promoting behaviors is affected by socio-environmental factors. These results will be useful in designing interventions and plans for women's health promotion that focus on the improvement of their environment and the modification of social factors.
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spelling pubmed-37751712013-09-18 Facilitators and Inhibitors of Health-promoting Behaviors: The Experience of Iranian Women of Reproductive Age Baheiraei, Azam Mirghafourvand, Mojgan Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh Mohammadi, Eesa Int J Prev Med Original Article BACKGROUND: There is scant information on the facilitators and inhibitors of health-promoting behaviors among reproductive-aged Iranian women. This study aims to explore the experience of factors influencing health-promoting behaviors among Iranian women of reproductive age from a qualitative perspective. METHODS: This study was performed in Tehran in 2011, over about 8 months. Qualitative methods, specifically in-depth interviews, were used to gather data on 15 women of reproductive age. Data continued to be collected until introduction of new information ceased. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed by conventional content analysis. RESULTS: The reported factors were categorized into four main groups and 12 subgroups: (1) personal barriers (lack of time, school or work duties, lack of preparation or motivation, physical disability); (2) socio-environmental barriers (family responsibilities, environmental pressures, high-costs and financial pressures); (3) personal facilitators (personal interest and motivation, experience of disease); and (4) socio-environmental facilitators (family and social support networks, encouraging and motivating environment, media, and public education). CONCLUSIONS: In these women's experience, factors influencing health-promoting behaviors were either facilitators or inhibitors; most were inhibitors. The findings of this study show that, in addition to personal factors, the pursuit of health-promoting behaviors is affected by socio-environmental factors. These results will be useful in designing interventions and plans for women's health promotion that focus on the improvement of their environment and the modification of social factors. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3775171/ /pubmed/24049620 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Preventive Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mohammadi, Eesa
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title_fullStr Facilitators and Inhibitors of Health-promoting Behaviors: The Experience of Iranian Women of Reproductive Age
title_full_unstemmed Facilitators and Inhibitors of Health-promoting Behaviors: The Experience of Iranian Women of Reproductive Age
title_short Facilitators and Inhibitors of Health-promoting Behaviors: The Experience of Iranian Women of Reproductive Age
title_sort facilitators and inhibitors of health-promoting behaviors: the experience of iranian women of reproductive age
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049620
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