@article{ref1,
title="Health-promoting behaviors and social support in Iranian women of reproductive age: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study",
journal="International journal of public health",
year="2014",
author="Baheiraei, Azam and Mirghafourvand, Mojgan and Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh and Mohammadi, Eesa and Nedjat, Saharnaz",
volume="59",
number="3",
pages="465-473",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine health-promoting behaviors and their determinants including social support and sociodemographic characteristics as well as to explore women's experience of health-promoting behaviors. METHODS: This sequential explanatory mixed methods study was conducted in two phases. The first phase was a cross-sectional study conducted on 1,359 women. Questionnaires, including items on sociodemographic characteristics, the HPLP-II and the PRQ85-Part2, were completed by interview. In the second phase, 15 women who were identified as extreme cases participated in individual in-depth interviews. RESULTS: The results of the quantitative phase showed that women obtained the highest scores on interpersonal relations and the lowest scores on physical activity. Scores on the HPLP-II and all its subscales correlated significantly with the level of social support. In the qualitative phase, factors affecting health-promoting behaviors were explored and grouped into four main categories that included personal and socio-environmental barriers as well as personal and socio-environmental facilitators. CONCLUSIONS: The findings from this study confirm the importance of social support and modifiable variables (sociodemographic) that play a role in the health-promoting behaviours of women. These results will be useful in designing suitable interventions and strategies for the promotion of women's health.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-8556",
doi="10.1007/s00038-013-0513-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-013-0513-y"
}