Background and Aim: One of the main strategies for keeping health is having healthy life style. Due to important role of adolescent health in community health promotion, this study aimed to determine health promoting life style in female adolescents of high schools and its associated factors in Mashhad, Iran. Methods: This cross- sectional study was conducted on 810 girls ranging in ages from...

Audit is the process used by health professionals to assess, evaluate and improve the care of patients in a systematic way in order to enhance their health and quality of life. There are many different ways of conducting medical audit and it carries a great benefit to practice such as improving efficiency and clinical error, demonstrating a good care, stimulating education and promoting higher ...

Promoting equity in health is not an easy task. Current trends in the global economy, in the environment and in the scientific and technological development are all conducive to increasing disparities in exposure to risk factors for ill health as well as in access to health services. Indeed, available data point to increasing inequalities in health outcomes among countries and within countries ...

The health-promoting hospitals (HPH) movement in Estonia was initiated in 1999. This study aimed to compare the implementation of health-promoting and quality-related activities in HPH and those which have not joined the HPH network (non-HPH). In the beginning of 2005, a postal survey was conducted among the top managers of 54 Estonian hospitals. The questionnaire was based on the WHO standards...

This study aims will focus on the role of health care providers, specifically nurses and midwives, in relation to breastfeeding. The significant part of those health professionals in promoting breastfeeding has been recognized as well as the need to evaluate their knowledge and expertise on the matter. Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used in order to assess the midwives and nu...