BACKGROUND A healthy lifestyle is one of the basic health-promotion strategies. Several factors are involved in shaping health-promotion behaviors. The internal barriers are the opinion and feelings that surround the individual and are the reasons that complicate the change of behavior. The aim of this study was to identify internal motivations and barriers effective on the healthy lifestyle in...

This paper proposes a conceptual framework that relates e-marketing strategy (Web-Design, Web-Promotion, Web-Price and Web-CRM) with performance at web and firm levels, while considering the contingent effects of firm’s internal and external forces. Based on established literature, through a conceptualization of each constituent element of the theoretical framework, the paper provides a basis f...

1801. Organism profile and antimicrobial resistance patterns of healthcareassociated bloodstream infections in oncology settings Isaac See, MD; Alison Freifeld, MD; Shelley S. Magill, MD, PhD; Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Centers for Disease Control and Prev...

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of this decision and how it relates to wage setting and the provision of general training. The theoretical framework is a promotion tournament involving M competing firms with heterogeneous productivities, two-level job hierarchies, and a fixed number of managerial positions. This paper also considers an alternative model based on variati...

background: adequate self-care in diabetes causes quality of life promotion and decreases the number of inpatient cases. the health locus of control theory is used to assess adherence to diabetes regimen in some studies in developed countries. the purpose of this study was to determine the status of diabetes locus of control in a sample of diabetic patients in iran and investigation of it's rel...

Empirical evidence on internal labor markets has stimulated attempts to develop new synthesis models of wage and promotion dynamics. In this paper, new predictions from these theories are examined empirically. There is good support for many of the predictions, especially wage dynamics associated with promotions. However, some puzzles remain, such as the evidence on demotions. The remaining puzz...

While building on the contingency theory, this paper proposes a conceptual framework that links five factors: a) internal forces, b) external forces, c) past web and firm performance, d) current web and firm performance, and e) e-marketing strategy in terms of the strategy defined for the 4Ws (Web-Design, Web-Promotion, Web-Price, and WebCRM). Future research is encouraged to build on this fram...

background: increasing of chronic patients who need permanent support andstaff who are daily exposed to psychological stress need to hospitals that note to health promotion programs. healthpromoting hospitals (hph)was expressed by the world health organization in the 1990s. so a large numberof hospitals in the world have implemented health promotion programs. but hospitalsin iran not implement ...

aim: the comprehensive evaluation program of the health system in higher education is a strategic plan in line with the goals of health reform program. the planning levels are based on 12 general policies. as professors of medical universities have an important role in public health promotion, this study aimed to identify the outcomes of faculty development at medical universities in the northe...