The Effect of Parity on Health- Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors among Women in Reproductive Age at Abou-Tig district Assiut

Abstract

Health-promoting lifestyle behaviors aim to improve the individual’s general health and well-being. Parity has a great effect on women’s health that Women with 5+ births had a higher risk of incident health problems which in turn affect their life style. Aim: To assess the effect of parity on health-promoting lifestyle behaviors among women in reproductive age. Research design: Descriptive cross-sectional research design. Setting: The study was conducted in (1)MCH center and (4) health units at Abou-Tig district. Sample: total coverage sample (722) of married women. Two tools were used Tool 1:-Interview questionnaire sheet: include three parts(1)Socio-demographic data,(2)women's medical and obstetric history(3)knowledge about health-promoting lifestyle behaviors Tool 2: Health-Promoting lifestyle profile-II is scale assesses the individual’s health-promoting attitude related to a healthy lifestyle. It included six subgroups including: health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, interpersonal support, self-actualization, and stress management. Results: it was clear that 87.3% of women had poor knowledge about health promoting-lifestyle behaviors and 51.5% of women had satisfactory behavioral level about them. Conclusion: Most of studied women had poor knowledge about health promoting-lifestyle behaviors and half of them had satisfactory behavioral level.there is a statistically significant correlation between parity and all domains of health -promoting lifestyle behaviors Recommendations: Providing educational programs about health promoting lifestyle behaviors to increase women’s knowledge and behavioral level