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The result of Haroonis (2014) study demonstrated that the mean score for health
promoting behavior in men was significantly higher than women. Because of low
rate of social participation in old women in our country it is expected that they
have low health information in comparison with men.
Due to the fact that women are the caregivers in the family they are often
targeted by health promotion (Doyal, 2001)
In some countries, women have lower status thus making their capacity to make
decisions regarding implementation of health promotional measures limited. This
result to lower positive health effects on promotional measures. However, health
programs can be greatly improved if the health promotion campaigns are
addressed to the family as a whole and to the relationships between males and
females of all ages (Brugha et al., 1996)
In the study of Walker, Volkan, Sechrist (1988), results showed that gender have
significant variance in overall health promotion behavior and on health
responsibility, exercise, nutrition, and interpersonal support. In their study of 452
adults aged 18 to 88, they determined that women scored significantly higher
than men in all dimensions.
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