Twenty years have passed since the philosophy and principals were formulated in the Ottawa Charter for health promotion. A critical reflection of the content and success of the Ottawa Charter was published before the IUHPE World Conference in Vancover in June 2007. This paper contextualizes and discusses Salutogenesis and Antonovsky in the development of health promotion practice and research a...

background: hemodialysis patients are exposed to different stressful factors and have to use coping strategies as supportive processes. the goal of the present study is to investigate coping styles of hemodialysis patients. materials and methods: this is a descriptive analytical study conducted on 96 patients referring to hemodialysis centers affiliated to isfahan university of medical sciences...

rural households in nigeria are vulnerable to shock because of their limited capacity to make informed decision on secured coping strategies which is further aggravated by some households’ specific socio-economic characteristics. attempts were made to identify shocks being faced by households’ heads and coping strategies. multistage sampling technique was used to select 80 respondents and well ...

A century ago, infectious diseases were the health crises of the day. Researchers broke ground with treatments and cures. Populations underwent radical improvements in lifestyle, such as sanitation, clean water and improved nutrition. Today, we no longer fear illness as previous generations did, yet we still do not consider our era to be one of health. In place of infectious diseases, we have c...

abstract objective: this study was carried out for investigating the religion orientation relationship with coping with diabetes in type 2 diabetic patients in yazd, iran. the present study is a kind of scientific-comparative description. the research subjects comprised of all type 2 diabetic patients admitted to the hospitals in yazd. materials and methods: the study sample was consisted of 16...

A new developmental model of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and its treatment is advanced based on evolutionary considerations concerning the role of attachment, mentalizing, and epistemic trust in the development of psychopathology. We propose that vulnerability to psychopathology in general is related to impairments in epistemic trust, leading to disruptions in the process of salutogen...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between job burnout and sources of stress and coping strategies in the referees of iran premier league. 103 referees were selected as the sample. sources of stress inventory (voight, 2009), mbi (maslach & jackson, 1996) and wcq (billings & moos, 1981) were used to collect data. results showed a significant relationship between con...

background and aim: adolescence is associated with physical and emotional changes and certain tensions which coping with them necessitates the use of cognitive and behavioral strategies called coping styles. since adolescence, peer attachment is developed. secure attachment produces positive outcomes. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between adolescents’ peer attachmen...

Superada la pasión healthy por la salud individual y la obsesión por la salud como un objetivo en la vida, se está consolidando un nuevo modelo en promoción de la salud relacionado con lo que es favorable y positivo para la salud. Esta nueva concepción de «salud positiva» emerge frente al modelo tradicionalmente imperante en salud pública que se centra en la protección y la prevención, y pone é...

background regarding the increase in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, efficient factors such as happiness seems vital in reducing hospitalization of cardiovascular patients. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between stress coping styles, negative automatic thoughts, life quality and happiness in hospitalized cardiovascular patients in ahvaz, iran. material and m...