Effective Factors on Health-Promoting Lifestyle Among Iranian Chemical Veterans in 2014 Based on Health Promotion Model: A Path Analysis
نویسندگان
1 Department of Health Education and Promotion, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, IR Iran
2 Department of Health Education, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran
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4 Department of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IR Iran
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چکیده
Health-promoting behaviors can enhance physical and mental health among individuals with disability, particularlyveterans.Objectives: The current study aimed to examine both one-way direct and indirect effects of the factors of the Health PromotionModel (HPM) on health-promoting behaviors in chemical veterans from Ilam province in Iran.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014. In this study, 239 moderate-to-severe chemical veteransfrom Illam province supported by the veterans’ affairs department of Ilam were evaluated via census sampling. Data includinghealth-promoting behaviors, perceived self-efficacy, perceived barriers and benefits, perceived social support, and perceived healthstatus were collected using standard questionnaires.Results: The results show that the HPM is a poor predictor of the health-promoting lifestyles of chemical veterans (R2 = 15%). Socialsupport (factor loading = 0.38) is the strongest predictor of health-promoting behaviors and it influences such behaviors directly,while perceived barriers (factor loading = -0.11) and perceived self-efficacy (factor loading = 0.02) indirectly predict behavior throughsocial support.Conclusions: Perceived social support is the most important factor that influences health-promoting behaviors. Increasing socialsupport by enhancing self-efficacy and decreasing perceived barriers can improve health-promoting behaviors among veterans.
