Health-promoting behaviors and social support of women of reproductive age, and strategies for advancing their health: Protocol for a mixed methods study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Baheiraei, Azam ^a,b   Mirghafourvand, Mojgan ^a   Mohammadi, Eesa ^c   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^a   Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad Alizadeh ^d   Rajabi, Fatemeh ^b   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953071189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-191     Document Type: Article

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