2024, Vol 14, No. 3

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).

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1. 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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2. Older People’s Quality of Life and Role of Home-Based Technology

Kevin Mckee, Hossein Matlabi*, Stuart G Parker

Health Promot Perspect. 2012;2(1): 1-8. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2012.001

PMCID: PMC3963656 PMID: 24688912

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Original Research

3. Technical Quality of Maternity Care: the Pregnant Women’s Perspec¬tive

Andrew Wilson, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi*, Kamal Gholipour, Mostafa Farahbakhsh

Health Promot Perspect. 2013;3(1): 23-30. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2013.003

PMCID: PMC3963679 PMID: 24688949

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Original Research

4. 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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5. Effective Interventions on Service Quality Improvement in a Physiotherapy Clinic

Farid Gharibi, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi*, Mir Ali Eteraf Oskouei, Mohammad AsghariJafarabadi

Health Promot Perspect. 2014;4(1): 61-67. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2014.008

PMCID: PMC4122040 PMID: 25097838

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Original Research

6. Service Quality of Delivered Care from the Perception of Women with Caesarean Section and Normal Delivery

Jafar S. Sadegh Tabrizi*, Samira Askari, Zahra Fardiazar, Hossein Koshavar, Kamal Gholipour

Health Promot Perspect. 2014;4(2): 137-143. doi: 10.5681/hpp.2014.018

PMCID: PMC4300438 PMID: 25650105

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7. Healthy Foods, Healthy Families: combining incentives and exposure interventions at urban farmers’ markets to improve nutrition among recipients of US federal food assistance

April B. Bowling*, Mikayla Moretti, Kayla Ringelheim, Alvin Tran, Kirsten Davison

Health Promot Perspect. 2016;6(1): 10-16. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2016.02

PMCID: PMC4847109 PMID: 27123431

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8. The Technical Quality of Delivered Care for People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Tabriz Gastroenterology Clinics

Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Mohammad Hossein Somi, Sima Asghari, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Farid Gharibi*, Saeideh Alidoost

Health Promot Perspect. 2015;5(3): 198-206. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2015.024

PMCID: PMC4667255 PMID: 26634198

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9. Optimal Design of Air Quality Monitoring Network and its Application in an Oil Refinery Plant: An Approach to Keep Health Satus of Workers

Khaled ZoroufchiBenis, Esmaeil Fatehifar*, Javad Ahmadi, Alireza Rouhi

Health Promot Perspect. 2015;5(4): 269-279. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2015.032

PMCID: PMC4772797 PMID: 26933646

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

Chung-Ying Lin, Santhosh Kumar, Amir H. Pakpour*

Health Promot Perspect. 2016;6(3): 145-151. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2016.23

PMCID: PMC5002881 PMID: 27579258

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11. Experimentally increasing sedentary behavior results in decreased life satisfaction

Meghan K. Edwards, Paul D. Loprinzi*

Health Promot Perspect. 2017;7(2): 88-94. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2017.16

PMCID: PMC5350555 PMID: 28326289

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12. Convergent validity of the ACC/AHA pooled cohort equations in associating with health-related quality of life among adults in the United States

Allison Nooe, Meghan K. Edwards, Ovuokerie Addoh, Paul D. Loprinzi*

Health Promot Perspect. 2017;7(1): 42-46. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2017.08

PMCID: PMC5209650 PMID: 28058241

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

Meghan K. Edwards, Paul D. Loprinzi*

Health Promot Perspect. 2017;7(3): 124-127. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2017.23

PMCID: PMC5497362 PMID: 28695099

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

Peter D Hart*

Health Promot Perspect. 2016;6(4): 185-189. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2016.30

PMCID: PMC5071785 PMID: 27766235

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Letter to Editor

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

Akbar Nikpajouh*

Health Promot Perspect. 2017;7(3): 109-110. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2017.20

PMCID: PMC5497359 PMID: 28695096

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

Akram Ghahramanian, Tayyebeh Rezaei, Farahnaz Abdullahzadeh, Zahra Sheikhalipour, Iman Dianat*

Health Promot Perspect. 2017;7(3): 168-174. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2017.30

PMCID: PMC5497369 PMID: 28695106

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

Maryamalsadat Kazemi Shishavan , Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi , Nayyereh Aminisani , Mohammad Shahbazi, Mahasti Alizadeh*

Health Promot Perspect. 2018;8(2): 139-146. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2018.18

PMCID: PMC5935818 PMID: 29744310 Scopus ID: 85061205953

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18. Healthcare workers’ perceptions of an organizational quality assurance program implemented in a resource-limited setting: a qualitative study

Hiroko Henker*, Shivani Fox-Lewis*, Navy Tep, Dary Vanna, Sreymom Pol, Claudia Turner

Health Promot Perspect. 2018;8(3): 179-186. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2018.24

PMCID: PMC6064749 PMID: 30087840 Scopus ID: 85061192626

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19. Designation and psychometric properties of the Short Form Postpartum Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-PQOL): an application of multidimensional item response theory and genetic algorithm

Fariba Nikan, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi* , Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Mojgan Mirghafourvand*

Health Promot Perspect. 2018;8(3): 215-224. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2018.29

PMCID: PMC6064753 PMID: 30087845 Scopus ID: 85061186773

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Systematic Review

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

Peter D. Hart*, Diona J. Buck

Health Promot Perspect. 2019;9(1): 1-12. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2019.01

PMCID: PMC6377696 PMID: 30788262 Scopus ID: 85064428931

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21. Indoor air quality at school and students’ performance: Recommendations of the UNESCO Chair on Health Education and Sustainable Development & the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA)

Manuela Pulimeno , Prisco Piscitelli* , Salvatore Colazzo, Annamaria Colao, Alessandro Miani

Health Promot Perspect. 2020;10(3): 169-174. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2020.29

PMCID: PMC7420173 PMID: 32802752 Scopus ID: 85090634153

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22. Validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the “Personal Wellbeing Index-Adults” on adults with hearing impairment

Nesma Ahmed Lotfy*

Health Promot Perspect. 2020;10(3): 250-256. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2020.39

PMCID: PMC7420167 PMID: 32802762 Scopus ID: 85090693247

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23. Psychometric properties of the Short Form-8 Health Survey (SF-8) among diabetes and non-diabetes Iranian older people

Shamsedin Namjoo , Masoud Mirzaei, Mahshid Foroughan* , Gholamreza Ghaedamini Harouni

Health Promot Perspect. 2021;11(3): 337-343. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2021.43

PMCID: PMC8501484 PMID: 34660229 Scopus ID: 85115068211

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24. Gender Interaction in Association of Perceived Social Support and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Iranian Older People: A Cross-sectional Survey

Maryam Tajvar* , Astrid Fletcher, Emily Grundy, Badrye Karami , Fatemeh Mohabbati

Health Promot Perspect. 2022;12(1): 56-66. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2022.08

PMCID: PMC9277289 PMID: 35854846 Scopus ID: 85133089846

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Systematic Review

25. Associations between dietary intake, diet quality and depressive symptoms in youth: A systematic review of observational studies

Yiqi Wang* , Jianghong Liu, Charlene Compher, Tanja V.E. Kral

Health Promot Perspect. 2022;12(3): 249-265. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2022.32

PMCID: PMC9808911 PMID: 36686054 Scopus ID: 85148955508

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26. FANTASTIC lifestyle questionnaire from 1983 until 2022: A review

Patrícia Batista* , João Neves-Amado, Anabela Pereira, João Amado

Health Promot Perspect. 2023;13(2): 88-98. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2023.11

PMCID: PMC10439457 PMID: 37600548 Scopus ID: 85167695842

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27. Major dietary patterns and sleep quality in relation to overweight/obesity among school children: A case-control study

Maedeh Massoudi , Bahram Pourghassem Gargari* , Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Solmaz Norouzi

Health Promot Perspect. 2023;13(4): 330-338. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2023.38

PMCID: PMC10790119 PMID: 38235008 Scopus ID: 85182382932

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Systematic Review

28. The association of dietary inflammatory index with sleep outcomes: A systematic review

Mona Golmohammadi , Mehnoosh Samadi, Yahya Salimi, Seyed Mostafa Nachvak* , Vahideh Ebrahimzadeh Attari*

Health Promot Perspect. 2024;14(2): 136-147. doi: 10.34172/hpp.42595

PMCID: PMC11403336 PMID: 39291049 Scopus ID: 85200148706

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29. A systematic review of the impact of therapeutic education programs on the quality of life of people with Multiple Sclerosis

Ilham Raji* , Ibtissam El Harch , Mohammed El Amine Ragala , Mohamed Berraho, Fedwa Nejjar, Mohammed Faouzi Belahsen

Health Promot Perspect. 2024;14(2): 97-108. doi: 10.34172/hpp.42619

PMCID: PMC11403335 PMID: 39291039 Scopus ID: 85200103435

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30. Examining the quality of life among pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis for women’s health promotion

Majid Mobasseri , Mehrnoush Mobasseri, Ayda Alizadeh, Sara Hakimzadeh, Seyedeh Sara Ebadi, Samin Imani, Nima Pourgholam, Saber Azami-Aghdash*

Health Promot Perspect. 2024;14(2): 109-120. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2024.05

PMCID: PMC11403342 PMID: 39291040 Scopus ID: 85200132336

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31. Effects of a Short-time health literacy promotion program (HeLPP) on biochemical factors, self-care and quality of life among rural patients with type-2 diabetes: A field trial with Solomon four-group design

Farzaneh Golboni , Hakim Ahmadzadeh, Haidar Nadrian* , Towhid Babazadeh, Sarisa Najafi, Parvaneh Ghahremaninasab, Kamyar Pirehbabi, Haleh Heizomi, Hassan Mahmoodi

Health Promot Perspect. 2024;14(2): 175-184. doi: 10.34172/hpp.42787

PMCID: PMC11403334 PMID: 39291045 Scopus ID: 85200144561

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1. Advantages and Disadvantages of Health Care Accreditation Mod­els

2. Older People’s Quality of Life and Role of Home-Based Technology

3. Technical Quality of Maternity Care: the Pregnant Women’s Perspec¬tive

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

5. Effective Interventions on Service Quality Improvement in a Physi­otherapy Clinic

6. Service Quality of Delivered Care from the Perception of Women with Caesarean Section and Normal Delivery

7. Healthy Foods, Healthy Families: combining incentives and exposure interventions at urban farmers’ markets to improve nutrition among recipients of US federal food assistance

8. The Technical Quality of Delivered Care for People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Tabriz Gastroenterology Clinics

9. Optimal Design of Air Quality Monitoring Network and its Application in an Oil Refinery Plant: An Approach to Keep Health Satus of Workers

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

11. Experimentally increasing sedentary behavior results in decreased life satisfaction

12. Convergent validity of the ACC/AHA pooled cohort equations in associating with health-related quality of life among adults in the United States

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

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

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

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

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

18. Healthcare workers’ perceptions of an organizational quality assurance program implemented in a resource-limited setting: a qualitative study

19. Designation and psychometric properties of the Short Form Postpartum Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-PQOL): an application of multidimensional item response theory and genetic algorithm

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

21. Indoor air quality at school and students’ performance: Recommendations of the UNESCO Chair on Health Education and Sustainable Development & the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA)

22. Validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the “Personal Wellbeing Index-Adults” on adults with hearing impairment

23. Psychometric properties of the Short Form-8 Health Survey (SF-8) among diabetes and non-diabetes Iranian older people

24. Gender Interaction in Association of Perceived Social Support and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Iranian Older People: A Cross-sectional Survey

25. Associations between dietary intake, diet quality and depressive symptoms in youth: A systematic review of observational studies

26. FANTASTIC lifestyle questionnaire from 1983 until 2022: A review

27. Major dietary patterns and sleep quality in relation to overweight/obesity among school children: A case-control study

28. The association of dietary inflammatory index with sleep outcomes: A systematic review

29. A systematic review of the impact of therapeutic education programs on the quality of life of people with Multiple Sclerosis

30. Examining the quality of life among pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis for women’s health promotion

31. Effects of a Short-time health literacy promotion program (HeLPP) on biochemical factors, self-care and quality of life among rural patients with type-2 diabetes: A field trial with Solomon four-group design

1. Advantages and Disadvantages of Health Care Accreditation Models

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

5. Effective Interventions on Service Quality Improvement in a Physiotherapy Clinic

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