. Zohreh Hamedani; . Fariba Haghani; . Roya Kelishadi
Volume 9, Issue 11 , November 2019, , Pages 1-9
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Full health is one of the basic human rights and requires a healthy lifestyle.Public continuous education, especially among the students who are a great target group ...
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Full health is one of the basic human rights and requires a healthy lifestyle.Public continuous education, especially among the students who are a great target group and thefuture of the country, is the best way to modify lifestyle. Therefore, the present study was conductedwith the aim of analyzing the factors affecting the prevention of non communicable diseases fromstudentsʼ viewpoints in Isfahan in the academicyear of 2016–2017.METHODS: This study was carried out through the qualitative approach and conventional contentanalysis method. Participants included 27 students who were selected by convenient and purposefulsampling method with maximum variation. Method of data collection was semi structured interviewswith sound recordings with note–taking, and data analysis method was inductive content analysis.RESULTS: After removing repetitive codes and merging the similar ones, 1237 codes were obtainedfrom interviews that were placed in 7 main categories and 18 subcategories. The main categoriesincluded “grand health policy‑makings,ˮ “the role of the educational system in promoting health,ˮ“schools and healthy nutrition models,ˮ “schools and sports and physical activity development,ˮ“informal learning,ˮ “preventive strategies in health promotion,ˮand “lifestyle modification.ˮCONCLUSION: It seems that controlling and improving the factors affecting lifestyle and makingschool education more effective are the main factors that influence the efficacy of preventiveeducational programs of non communicable diseases.
