background and aim: health-promoting lifestyle (hpl) is one of the main criteria which determine health and underlying factors preventing the health-threatening factors. hpl includes six dimensions of spiritual growth, health responsibility, nutrition, stress management, interpersonal relations, and physical activity. considering the importance of students’ health, both at individual and social...

Response: Until the mid-1990s, the public health battle against AIDS in both rich and poor countries focused almost entirely on efforts to prevent new HIV infections, because no effective treatment for AIDS existed. Prevention during the first 15 years of the epidemic gradually grew more sophisticated: from behavioral education and condom promotion, HIV counseling and testing, to the treatment ...

What’s in the telling? Understanding social, psychological and clinical aspects of HIV disclosure Xiaoming Li, Shan Qiao, John de Wit and Lorraine Sherr Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, South Carolina SmartState Center for Healthcare Quality (CHQ), University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, USA; Center for Social Research in Health, Univer...

Since 2000, HIV prevention in NSW has been overseen by a Health Promotion Sub-Committee of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infections. The Sub-Committee meets quarterly, and its ongoing work demonstrates how reflexive interactions between researchers, community-based and public-sector educators and policy makers can enable the development and implementation ...

Background There is a dearth of literature to guide the development of community-based HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and sexual health promotion programs within Inuit communities. Objective The aim of this study was to create a dialogue with Inuit women to address the lack of information available to inform programming to improve the sexual health of Inuit women, their...

conclusions perceived social support is the most important factor that influences health-promoting behaviors. increasing social support by enhancing self-efficacy and decreasing perceived barriers can improve health-promoting behaviors among veterans. background health-promoting behaviors can enhance physical and mental health among individuals with disability, particularly veterans. objectives...

teeth and t=permanent teeth) has been increasing from 1957 to 2015 years in iran. the current survey aimed to test the power of health promotion model for predicting the oral health behavior among high-school students.  materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 482 high school students in gorgan city, iran. multi-cluster sampling was used to recruit the samples. a research...

abstract aims: regular physical activity can reduce the burden of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers, and can prevent early death. this study examined the impact of performing health promotion model intervention on physical activity of the health volunteers. materials & methods: this cross-sectional research is part of a three-month intervening study started in ...

OBJECTIVES To examine changes in the sexual behavior of London gay men between 1998 and 2008. METHODS Gay men using London gyms were surveyed annually between 1998 and 2005, and again in 2008 (n=6064; range, 482-834 per year). Information was collected on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status of the respondent, unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) in the previous 3 months, type (main or cas...

OBJECTIVE To provide an overview of the National Institute of Mental Health Multisite HIV/sexually transmitted disease (STD) Prevention Trial for African American Couples conducted in 4 urban areas: Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia. The rationale, study design methods, proposed data analyses, and study management are described. DESIGN This is a 2-arm randomized trial, implemen...