2025, Vol 15, No. 1

Health Promotion Perspectives (HPP) is an international platinum open access journal that is a peer-reviewed and multidisciplinary forum for the publication of studies aimed at understanding the implications and approaches to health promotion and public health. The Journal welcomes both quantitative and qualitative studies in the field of Health Promotion and Education, especially interventional studies that reflect professionals’ experiences worldwide. This quarterly journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) since 2011 and follows the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

Original Research

1. Socioeconomic Status and Coronary Heart Disease

Ali Janati, Hossein Matlabi*, Hamid Allahverdipour, Masumeh Gholizadeh, Leila Abdollahi

Health Promot Perspect. 2011;1(2): 105-110. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2011.011

PMCID: PMC3963620 PMID: 24688906

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2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Health Care Accreditation Models

Jafar S. Tabrizi*, Farid Gharibi, Andrew J. Wilson

Health Promot Perspect. 2011;1(1): 1-31. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2011.001

PMCID: PMC3963612 PMID: 24688896

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3. Effects of Abandoned Arsenic Mine on Water Resources Pollution in North West of Iran

Behzad Hajalilou, Mohammad Mosaferi*, Fazel Khaleghi, Sakineh Jadidi, Bahram Vosugh, Esmail Fatehifar

Health Promot Perspect. 2011;1(1): 62-70. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2011.006

PMCID: PMC3963616 PMID: 24688901

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4. No Child or Mother Left Behind; Implications for the US from Cuba’s Maternity Homes

Michelle Bragg*, Taraneh R. Salke, Carol P. Cotton, Debra Anne Jones

Health Promot Perspect. 2012;2(1): 9-19. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2012.002

PMCID: PMC3963654 PMID: 24688913

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5. Reporting of Health Promotion Research: Addressing the Quality Gaps in Iran

Abdolreza Shaghaghi, Hossein Matlabi*

Health Promot Perspect. 2012;2(1): 48-52. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2012.006

PMCID: PMC3963651 PMID: 24688917

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6. The Relation between the Number of Hours That Authorize the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages and Violence

Hernán Malaga*, Marco Gonzalez, Carlos Huaco, Manuel Sotelo

Health Promot Perspect. 2012;2(1): 60-71. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2012.008

PMCID: PMC3963650 PMID: 24688919

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7. Factors that Facilitate and Impede Effective Knowledge Translation in Population Health Promotion: Results from a Consultation Workshop in Iran

Shahin Shooshtari*

Health Promot Perspect. 2012;2(2): 126-135. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2012.015

PMCID: PMC3963640 PMID: 24688926

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8. Health Belief Model and Reasoned Action Theory in Predicting Water Saving Behaviors in Yazd, Iran

Mohammad Ali Morowatisharifabad*, Mahdieh Momayyezi, Mohammad Taghi Ghaneian

Health Promot Perspect. 2012;2(2): 136-144. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2012.016

PMCID: PMC3963631 PMID: 24688927

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9. Awareness of Parents about Characteristics of a Healthy School Backpack

Zeinab Javadivala, Hamid Allahverdipour*, Iman Dianat, Mohsen Bazargan

Health Promot Perspect. 2012;2(2): 166-172. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2012.019

PMCID: PMC3963637 PMID: 24688930

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10. Factors Influencing the Job Satisfaction of Health System Employees in Tabriz, Iran

Shokoufe Bagheri, Ahmad Kousha*, Ali Janati, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi

Health Promot Perspect. 2012;2(2): 190-196. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2012.022

PMCID: PMC3963645 PMID: 24688933

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11. Iran's Experience of Health Cooperatives as a Public-Private Partnership Model in Primary Health Care: A Comparative Study in East Azerbaijan

Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani*, Alireza Nikniaz, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Akram Zakeri, Saber Azami

Health Promot Perspect. 2012;2(2): 287-298. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2012.034

PMCID: PMC3963636 PMID: 24688945

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12. Recess Activity and General Health Status among Iranian Elemen-tary Schools’ Pupils

Abdolreza Shaghaghi, Massumeh Piri, Hamid Allahverdipour, Mohammad AsghariJafarabadi

Health Promot Perspect. 2013;3(1): 45-54. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2013.006

PMCID: PMC3963680 PMID: 24688952

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13. Community Health Policy Assessment of a Rural Northeast Missouri County using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s CHANGE tool

Mitch Stewart, Joseph D Visker, Carolyn Cox*

Health Promot Perspect. 2013;3(1): 1-10. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2013.001

PMCID: PMC3963686 PMID: 24688947

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14. Job Satisfaction Differences between Primary Health Care and Treatment Sectors: An Experience from Iran

Shokoufe Bagheri, Ali Janati*, Ahmad Kousha, Homayoun adeghi-Bazargani, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Mostafa Farahbakhsh

Health Promot Perspect. 2013;3(1): 90-101. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2013.011

PMCID: PMC3963688 PMID: 24688957

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15. Environmental Health Problems and Indicators in Tabriz, Iran

Mohammad Ghanbari Ghozikali, Mohammad Mosaferi*, Kazem Naddafi

Health Promot Perspect. 2013;3(1): 113-123. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2013.013

PMCID: PMC3963691 PMID: 24688959

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16. A Focus Group Assessment to Determine Motivations, Barriers and Effectiveness of a University-Based Worksite Wellness Program

Patricia E. Hill-Mey, Ray M. Merrill*, Karol L. Kumpfer, Justine Reel, Beverly Hyatt-Neville

Health Promot Perspect. 2013;3(2): 154-164. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2013.019

PMCID: PMC3963663 PMID: 24688965

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17. Correlates of Willingness to Engage in Residential Gardening: Implications for Health Optimization in Ibadan, Nigeria

Fausat Motunrayo Ibrahim*

Health Promot Perspect. 2013;3(2): 246-254. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2013.028

PMCID: PMC3963660 PMID: 24688974

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18. Early Warning System for Disasters within Health Organizations: A Mandatory System for Developing Countries

Rouhollah Zaboli, SeyedHesam Seyedin*, Zainab Malmoon

Health Promot Perspect. 2013;3(2): 261-268. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2013.030

PMCID: PMC3963676 PMID: 24688976

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19. Caregivers’ Knowledge and Use of Fermented Foods for Infant and Young Children Feeding in a Rural Community of Odi, Gauteng Province, South Africa

Paul K Chelule*, Mathilda M Mokgatle, Lindiwe I Zungu, Armelia Chaponda

Health Promot Perspect. 2014;4(1): 54-60. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2014.007

PMCID: PMC4122044 PMID: 25097837

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20. Challenges in Developing Health Promoting Schools’ Project: Application of Global Traits in Local Realm

Behrouz Fathi, Hamid Allahverdipour*, Abdolreza Shaghaghi, Ahmad Kousha, Ali Jannati

Health Promot Perspect. 2014;4(1): 9-17. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2014.002

PMCID: PMC4122035 PMID: 25097832

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21. A Pilot Physical Activity Initiative to Improve Mental Health Status amongst Iranian Institutionalized Older People

Hossein Matlabi, Abdolreza Shaghaghi*, Shahriar Amiri

Health Promot Perspect. 2014;4(1): 68-76. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2014.009

PMCID: PMC4122043 PMID: 25097839

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22. Crisis Management Aspects of Bam Catastrophic Earthquake: Review Article

Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Saber Azami-aghdash*, Abdolhassan Kazemi, Behrad Ziapour

Health Promot Perspect. 2015;5(1): 3-13. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2015.002

PMCID: PMC4430695 PMID: 26000241

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23. Oral Health Behaviors in a Sample of Portuguese Adolescents: An Educational Issue

Nélio J. Veiga*, Carlos M. Pereira, Paula C. Ferreira, Ilidio J. Correia

Health Promot Perspect. 2014;4(1): 35-45. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2014.005

PMCID: PMC4122046 PMID: 25097835

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24. A Comparative Study on Physical Vulnerability of Urban Area against Natural Hazards: Importance of Health Promoting Approach in Civil Engineering

Mohsen Ahadnezhad Reveshty, Mohammad Javad Kamelifar*, Behzad Ranjbarnia, Alireza Pashaiifar

Health Promot Perspect. 2014;4(1): 122-131. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2014.016

PMCID: PMC4122047 PMID: 25097846

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25. Barriers of Health News Producers’ Empowerment: A Qualitative Study in Iran

Mahnaz Ashoorkhani, Mohammad Hossein Taghdisi, Safoora Shahmoradi, Leila Haghjoo, Reza Majdzadeh*

Health Promot Perspect. 2014;4(2): 214-220. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2014.028

PMCID: PMC4300448 PMID: 25648827

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26. Demographic Factors and their Relation to Fatigue and Mental Disorders in 12-Hour Petrochemical Shift Workers

Ahmad Bazazan, Yahya Rasoulzadeh*, Iman Dianat, Abdolrasoul Safaiyan, Zohreh Mombeini, Ehsan Shiravand

Health Promot Perspect. 2014;4(2): 165-172. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2014.022

PMCID: PMC4300442 PMID: 25648196

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27. Towards Age-Friendly Hospitals in Developing Countries: A Case Study in Iran

Ahmad Ahmadi, Hesam Seyedin*, Reza Fadaye-Vatan

Health Promot Perspect. 2015;5(1): 42-51. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2015.006

PMCID: PMC4430697 PMID: 26000245

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28. Validation and psychometric evaluation of physical activity belief scale among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: an application of health action process approach

Hosein Rohani, Ahmad Ali Eslami*, Arsalan Ghaderi, Tohid Jafari-Koshki, Erfan Sadeghi, Mohammad Bidkhori, Mehdi Raei

Health Promot Perspect. 2016;6(2): 71-79. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2016.13

PMCID: PMC4932225 PMID: 27386421

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1. Socioeconomic Status and Coronary Heart Disease

2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Health Care Accreditation Mod­els

3. Effects of Abandoned Arsenic Mine on Water Resources Pollution in North West of Iran

4. No Child or Mother Left Behind; Implications for the US from Cuba’s Maternity Homes

5. Reporting of Health Promotion Research: Addressing the Quality Gaps in Iran

6. The Relation between the Number of Hours That Authorize the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages and Violence

7. Factors that Facilitate and Impede Effective Knowledge Translation in Population Health Promotion: Results from a Consultation Workshop in Iran

8. Health Belief Model and Reasoned Action Theory in Predicting Water Saving Behaviors in Yazd, Iran

9. Awareness of Parents about Characteristics of a Healthy School Backpack

10. Factors Influencing the Job Satisfaction of Health System Employees in Tabriz, Iran

11. Iran's Experience of Health Cooperatives as a Public-Private Partnership Model in Primary Health Care: A Comparative Study in East Azerbaijan

12. Recess Activity and General Health Status among Iranian Elemen-tary Schools’ Pupils

13. Community Health Policy Assessment of a Rural Northeast Missouri County using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s CHANGE tool

14. Job Satisfaction Differences between Primary Health Care and Treatment Sectors: An Experience from Iran

15. Environmental Health Problems and Indicators in Tabriz, Iran

16. A Focus Group Assessment to Determine Motivations, Barriers and Effectiveness of a University-Based Worksite Wellness Pro­gram

17. Correlates of Willingness to Engage in Residential Gardening: Im­plications for Health Optimization in Ibadan, Nigeria

18. Early Warning System for Disasters within Health Organizations: A Mandatory System for Developing Countries

19. Caregivers’ Knowledge and Use of Fermented Foods for Infant and Young Children Feeding in a Rural Community of Odi, Gaut­eng Province, South Africa

20. Challenges in Developing Health Promoting Schools’ Project: Application of Global Traits in Local Realm

21. A Pilot Physical Activity Initiative to Improve Mental Health Sta­tus amongst Iranian Institutionalized Older People

22. Crisis Management Aspects of Bam Catastrophic Earthquake: Review Article

23. Oral Health Behaviors in a Sample of Portuguese Adolescents: An Educational Issue

24. A Comparative Study on Physical Vulnerability of Urban Area against Natural Hazards: Importance of Health Promoting Ap­proach in Civil Engineering

25. Barriers of Health News Producers’ Empowerment: A Qualitative Study in Iran

26. Demographic Factors and their Relation to Fatigue and Mental Disorders in 12-Hour Petrochemi­cal Shift Workers

27. Towards Age-Friendly Hospitals in Developing Countries: A Case Study in Iran

28. Validation and psychometric evaluation of physical activity belief scale among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: an application of health action process approach

29. Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Socioeconomic Status Questionnaire for Urban Households (SESIran): The Primary Version

30. Health promoting hospitals: a study on educational hospitals of Isfahan, Iran

31. Working posture and its predictors in hospital operating room nurses

32. Psycho-socioeconomic bio-behavioral associations on all-cause mortality: cohort study

33. Rasch analysis of the Persian version of PedsQLTM Oral Health Scale: further psychometric evaluation on item validity including differential item functioning

34. Sedentary images in a popular US based parenting magazine:2010-2015

35. Implementation and Analysis of Initial Trauma Registry in Iquitos, Peru

36. Oral health education program among pre-school children: an application of health-promoting schools approach

37. The First International & 4th National Congress on Health Education & Promotion, 16-19 May 2011,Tabriz-Iran

38. Assessing environmental assets for health promotion program planning: a practical framework for health promotion practitioners

39. Psycho-Socioeconomic bio-behavioral influences on health-related quality of life

40. Sex differences in the physical inactivity and health-related quality of life relationship among rural adults

41. Characteristics of medication advertisements found in US women’s fashion magazines

42. Safe sex self-efficacy and safe sex practice in a Southern United States College

43. Lessons learnt from pilot field test of a comprehensive advocacy program to support health promoting schools’ project in Iran

44. Reaching consensus: a review on sexual health training modules for professional capacity building

45. Applying a new theory to smoking cessation: case of multi-theory model (MTM) for health behavior change

46. Tobacco use related attitudes and behaviors in Indian Adolescents: association with school-based prevention education

47. Physiotherapy in Indian communities: a brief review

48. Assessing the active living environment in three rural towns with a high proportion of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders

49. Standards of health promoting hospitals: 68 or 40 measurable elements?

50. Quality of healthcare services and its relationship with patient safety culture and nurse-physician professional communication

51. Training medical students in health promotion: twenty years of experience at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva

52. Reports on boys’, youth’s and men’s health in Canadian newspapers: Now what?

53. National Congress in Health Management

54. Need for addressing oral health disparities in rural Appalachia

55. The metabolic equivalents of one-mile walking by older adults; implications for health promotion

56. Insights for public education provided by French media on ideas about prostate cancer – A media analysis study

57. Exploring the feelings of Iranian women of reproductive age about health care seeking behavior: a qualitative study

58. Using the PRECEDE-PROCEED model for an online peer-to-peer suicide prevention and awareness for depression (SPAD) intervention among African American college students: experimental study

59. Experimental investigation of exercise-related hedonic responses to preferred and imposed media content

60. Managing information gaps on caregivers of psychotic patients in primary health settings of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

61. The association between self-care and quality of life in hypertensive patients: findings from the Azar cohort study in the North West of Iran

62. Development of an accreditation model for health education and promotion programs in the Iranian primary healthcare system: a Delphi study

63. Cigarette and hookah smoking and their relationship with self-esteem and communication skills among high school students

64. Fruit and vegetable consumption among adults in Namibia: analysis of a nationally representative population

65. Relationships between dimensions of fatigue and psychological distress among public hospital nurses

66. Cognitive determinants of self-care behaviors among patients with heart failure: A path analysis

67. Effects of an educational playful intervention on nasal hygiene behaviors of preschoolers: a quasi-experimental study

68. The effect of resistance training on health-related quality of life in older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis

69. Intra-urban patterns of neighborhood-level social capital: a pilot study

70. Optimizing college health promotion in the digital age: Comparing perceived well-being, health behaviors, health education needs and preferences between college students enrolled in fully online versus campus-based programs

71. Prevalence of problematic internet use disorder and associated risk factors and complications among Iranian university students: a national survey

72. Do drug package inserts meet the rules and regulations of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration in terms of informing patients?

73. Readability of online patient-based information on bariatric surgery

74. Port of Spain Summit Declaration as a successful outcome of globalhealth diplomacy in the Caribbean region: a systematic review

75. The need for health diplomacy in health security operations

76. Exploring the barriers and facilitators of dietary self-care for type2 diabetes: a qualitative study in Ghana

77. The global prevalence of maternal near miss: a systematic review and meta-analysis

78. Designing a toolkit for the assessment of Health in All Policies at a national scale in Iran

79. Coordinating health promotion in a federal state over the course of 30 years: a case report from Switzerland

80. Essential healthcare services provided to conflict-affected internallydisplaced populations in low and middle-income countries: A systematicreview

2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Health Care Accreditation Models

16. A Focus Group Assessment to Determine Motivations, Barriers and Effectiveness of a University-Based Worksite Wellness Program

17. Correlates of Willingness to Engage in Residential Gardening: Implications for Health Optimization in Ibadan, Nigeria

19. Caregivers’ Knowledge and Use of Fermented Foods for Infant and Young Children Feeding in a Rural Community of Odi, Gauteng Province, South Africa

21. A Pilot Physical Activity Initiative to Improve Mental Health Status amongst Iranian Institutionalized Older People

24. A Comparative Study on Physical Vulnerability of Urban Area against Natural Hazards: Importance of Health Promoting Approach in Civil Engineering

26. Demographic Factors and their Relation to Fatigue and Mental Disorders in 12-Hour Petrochemical Shift Workers

33. Rasch analysis of the Persian version of PedsQL^TM Oral Health Scale: further psychometric evaluation on item validity including differential item functioning