Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Socio-economic factors and diabetes consequences among patients with type 2 diabetes

. Azar Tol; . Gholamreza Sharifirad; . Davoud Shojaezadeh; . Elahe Tavasoli; . Leila Azadbakht

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2013, Pages 1-6

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Background: Considering the effect of socio-economic factors on the emergence of chronicdiseases and the importance of this aspect of diseases for policy makers and authorities ofhealth ... Read More

Health-promoting lifestyle and quality of life among undergraduate students at school of health, Isfahan University of medical sciences

. Azar Tol; . Elaheh Tavassoli; . Gholam Reza Shariferad; . Davoud Shojaeezadeh

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2013, Pages 1-4

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Background: Health promoting lifestyle (HPL) focuses on life promotion through lifestylewhich consists of six aspects of “physical activity”, “nutrition”, “health ... Read More Background: Health promoting lifestyle (HPL) focuses on life promotion through lifestylewhich consists of six aspects of “physical activity”, “nutrition”, “health responsibility”, “spiritualgrowth”, “interpersonal relations” and “stress management”. This lifestyle promotes healthand welfare and induces satisfaction, self-persuasion and self-improvement. Consideringthe importance of the way a new behavior affects “life quality” as a motivational factor forstarting and continuing that behavior, this study aimed to determine the relationship betweenhealth-promoting lifestyle and its aspects. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectionalstudy was performed on undergraduate students at School of Health, Isfahan University ofMedical Sciences, using a census method. Health promoting lifestyle was measured by HealthPromotion Lifestyle Profile two and life quality was assessed by the Persian version of QLQ-C30questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive and inferential statistical testsin SPSS. Results: Mean age of the participants was 21.12 years old. From among six aspectsof health promoting behaviors, spiritual growth and responsibility with the means of 22.01 ±2.224 and 20 ± 2.31 had the highest and physical activity with the mean of 17.58 ± 2.9 had thelowest scores, respectively. General life quality of 40.7% students was good and only 19.8% ofthem had an average global life quality. The highest and lowest frequencies of health-related lifequality belonged to very good (58.6%) and excellent (9%) health, respectively. Except for stressmanagement (P = 0.05) and gender of the students, there were no significant relationshipsbetween other HPL aspects and gender. There was no statistically significant relationshipbetween global life quality of students and nutrition, physical activity, self-health responsibilityand stress management while there was a significant relationship between global life qualityand spiritual growth of the students. Health-related life quality and stress management weresignificantly related to each other; however, no statistically significant relationship was observedbetween health-related life quality and nutrition, physical activity, interpersonal relations andspiritual growth. Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between adopting healthpromoting lifestyle and aspects of spiritual growth and stress management on the one handand general quality of life on the other, at least among students.

The effect of nutrition and food hygieneeducation on the knowledge of female elementary school teachers in city of ferdows

. Omolbanin Motamedrezaei; . Mitra Moodi; . Mohammad Reza Miri; . Maryam Khodadadi

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2013, Pages 1-4

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Introduction: Teachers are one of the most influential groups in elevating social health, and theirteaching nutritional points to the students can both affect students’ awareness ... Read More

Breastfeeding status during the first two years of infants’ life and its risk factors based on BASNEF model structures in Isfahan

. Abdurrahman Charkazi; . Sayyede Zeynab Miraeiz; . Atena Razzaghnejad; . Hossein Shahnazi; . Akbar Hasanzadeh; . Mohammad T. Badleh

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2013, Pages 1-6

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Background: Breastfeeding depends on social and cultural conditions of societies. Behavior,Attitude,Subjective Norms, Enabling Factors (BASNEF) model is one of the comprehensive models ... Read More Background: Breastfeeding depends on social and cultural conditions of societies. Behavior,Attitude,Subjective Norms, Enabling Factors (BASNEF) model is one of the comprehensive models ofbehavior study, especially in developing countries. This study was performed to investigate thestatus of breastfeeding during the first two years of infants’ life and its risk factors through BASNEFmodel structures. Materials and Methods: In this cross‑sectional descriptive‑analytical study, 406mothers with 6-24‑month‑old babies were selected by multistage cluster sampling method. The datawere collected using a questionnaire with five sections based on the BASNEF model structures.Demographic characteristics of the studied population were also recorded and analyzed usingChi‑square tests and analysis of variance in SPSS18 statistical software. Results: The prevalence ofbreastfeeding was 86.4% (351 mothers). Three hundred and thirty three mothers (82%) had goodknowledge and there was a significant relationship between knowledge and breastfeeding behaviorof mothers (P < 0.05). Two hundred and eighty five mothers (70.2%) had good and very goodattitude in this regard. There was no significant relationship between attitude and breastfeedingbehavior of mothers (P > 0.05). There was a significant relationship between breastfeeding behaviorof mothers and subjective norms of husbands, mother and mother‑in‑law (P < 0.05); however, nosignificant relationship was found with regard to enabling factors (P > 0.05). Moreover, no significantrelationship was observed between type of children nutrition and variables of delivery mode,maternal age and number of children (P > 0.05). Conclusion: In addition to knowledge of nursingmothers, supports and encouragement of husbands, mothers and mother‑in‑laws, as subjectivenorms of behavior, have a positive impact onthe breastfeeding behavior of mothers. Thus,breastfeeding programs should pay moreattention to the role of these mentioned factors.

How to teach medical students to critically appraise a published article in the public health domain

. Mohsen Rezaeian

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2013, Pages 1-3

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The core part of evidence‑based medicine (EBM) is the ability to critically appraise publishedarticles on a given subject. Medical students, especially within the developing world, ... Read More

Medical Records Department and Balanced Scorecard approach

. Sima Ajami; . Afsaneh Ebadsichani; . Shahram Tofighi; . Nahid Tavakoli

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2013, Pages 1-6

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Context: The Medical Records Department (MRD) is an important source for evaluating andplanning of healthcare services; therefore, hospital managers should improve their performancenot ... Read More

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Volume & Issue: Volume 3, Issue 2, February 2013

Socio-economic factors and diabetes consequences among patients with type 2 diabetes

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Health-promoting lifestyle and quality of life among undergraduate students at school of health, Isfahan University of medical sciences

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The effect of nutrition and food hygieneeducation on the knowledge of female elementary school teachers in city of ferdows

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Breastfeeding status during the first two years of infants’ life and its risk factors based on BASNEF model structures in Isfahan

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How to teach medical students to critically appraise a published article in the public health domain

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Medical Records Department and Balanced Scorecard approach

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