Department of Reproductive Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
BMC Public Health. 2012 Jul 30;12:573. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-573.
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.
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.
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.
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.
健康促进对于社区和家庭健康至关重要。健康促进行为为维护和促进健康提供了解决方案。尽管有几项研究探讨了女性健康促进行为的频率和不同类型，但关于她们的体验的信息却很少。本研究旨在探讨育龄妇女在健康促进行为方面的体验。
本研究在伊朗德黑兰进行，15 名女性通过有目的选择参与了个人深入的半结构化访谈。访谈被录音、逐字转录，并使用传统的内容分析进行分析。
从分析中得出了 9 个主要类别，包括建立适当的饮食模式、建立平衡的休息/活动模式、精神性、压力管理、个人敏感性和责任感、建立适当的社交互动模式、进行安全和健康的娱乐活动、身体功能健康的改善感、以及情绪和心理健康的改善感。前 7 个类别代表了育龄妇女真实健康促进行为的性质和类型，而最后 2 个构成了对这些行为实施的感受和理解。
研究结果表明，女性通过实施健康促进行为体验到身体功能、情绪和心理健康的改善。因此，有必要在社区文化背景下引入策略，以改善育龄妇女在健康促进行为方面的不同方面，以维持和改善她们的整体健康。
