Predicting the Health‐Promoting Lifestyle Profile of Pregnant Women Based on Their Health Literacy Levels: A Cross‐Sectional Study
ABSTRACT Aim Health literacy is considered as key factor to empower women to participate in self‐care and child‐care activities. The purpose of the present study is to determine the relationship between health‐promoting behaviours and health literacy among pregnant women. Design A cross‐sectional st...
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| description | ABSTRACT Aim Health literacy is considered as key factor to empower women to participate in self‐care and child‐care activities. The purpose of the present study is to determine the relationship between health‐promoting behaviours and health literacy among pregnant women. Design A cross‐sectional study. Methods This study surveyed 308 pregnant women in 2022 using questionnaires, including the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II) and the Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA). Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to analyse the data by IBM SPSS 23.0 statistics package program. Results The mean scores for women's health literacy and health‐promoting behaviours were 70.31 ± 13.56 and 135.56 ± 17.38, respectively. The lowest score in the health literacy subscales was related to the appraisal (66.07 ± 17.81) and in the health‐promoting lifestyle dimensions was associated with the physical activity dimension (13.87 ± 3.87). There was a significant and positive correlation between health literacy and health‐promoting behaviours (r = 0.53, p < 0.001). Among the health literacy dimensions, decision‐making showed the strongest correlation with health‐promoting lifestyle (r = 0.55, p < 0.001). Patient or Public Contribution The results of this study demonstrated that pregnant women with higher health literacy scores exhibited a higher level of engagement in health‐promoting behaviours. Assessing health‐promoting behaviours in pregnant women by health providers during prenatal care helps identify dimensions receiving less attention during pregnancy, and solutions can be provided to women to address these issues. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9d587d429c4b48f09217e5f42d0f77ff2025-01-30T16:40:37ZengWileyNursing Open2054-10582025-01-01121n/an/a10.1002/nop2.70136Predicting the Health‐Promoting Lifestyle Profile of Pregnant Women Based on Their Health Literacy Levels: A Cross‐Sectional StudyNastaran Rafat0Fatemeh Bakouei1Hajar Adib‐Rad2Hossein‐Ali Nikbakht3Sareh Bakouei4Student Research Committee, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Babol University of Medical Sciences Babol IranInfertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Babol University of Medical Sciences Babol IranInfertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Babol University of Medical Sciences Babol IranDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute Babol University of Medical Sciences Babol IranFaculty of Nursing and Midwifery Qom University of Medical Sciences Qom IranABSTRACT Aim Health literacy is considered as key factor to empower women to participate in self‐care and child‐care activities. The purpose of the present study is to determine the relationship between health‐promoting behaviours and health literacy among pregnant women. Design A cross‐sectional study. Methods This study surveyed 308 pregnant women in 2022 using questionnaires, including the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II) and the Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA). Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to analyse the data by IBM SPSS 23.0 statistics package program. Results The mean scores for women's health literacy and health‐promoting behaviours were 70.31 ± 13.56 and 135.56 ± 17.38, respectively. The lowest score in the health literacy subscales was related to the appraisal (66.07 ± 17.81) and in the health‐promoting lifestyle dimensions was associated with the physical activity dimension (13.87 ± 3.87). There was a significant and positive correlation between health literacy and health‐promoting behaviours (r = 0.53, p < 0.001). Among the health literacy dimensions, decision‐making showed the strongest correlation with health‐promoting lifestyle (r = 0.55, p < 0.001). Patient or Public Contribution The results of this study demonstrated that pregnant women with higher health literacy scores exhibited a higher level of engagement in health‐promoting behaviours. Assessing health‐promoting behaviours in pregnant women by health providers during prenatal care helps identify dimensions receiving less attention during pregnancy, and solutions can be provided to women to address these issues.https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70136health literacyhealth‐promoting lifestylepregnant women |
| spellingShingle | Nastaran Rafat Fatemeh Bakouei Hajar Adib‐Rad Hossein‐Ali Nikbakht Sareh Bakouei Predicting the Health‐Promoting Lifestyle Profile of Pregnant Women Based on Their Health Literacy Levels: A Cross‐Sectional Study Nursing Open health literacy health‐promoting lifestyle pregnant women |
| title | Predicting the Health‐Promoting Lifestyle Profile of Pregnant Women Based on Their Health Literacy Levels: A Cross‐Sectional Study |
| title_full | Predicting the Health‐Promoting Lifestyle Profile of Pregnant Women Based on Their Health Literacy Levels: A Cross‐Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Predicting the Health‐Promoting Lifestyle Profile of Pregnant Women Based on Their Health Literacy Levels: A Cross‐Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predicting the Health‐Promoting Lifestyle Profile of Pregnant Women Based on Their Health Literacy Levels: A Cross‐Sectional Study |
| title_short | Predicting the Health‐Promoting Lifestyle Profile of Pregnant Women Based on Their Health Literacy Levels: A Cross‐Sectional Study |
| title_sort | predicting the health promoting lifestyle profile of pregnant women based on their health literacy levels a cross sectional study |
| topic | health literacy health‐promoting lifestyle pregnant women |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70136 |
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