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Soliman, S., Abd El-Raouf, S., El- Said, A. (2009). Raising Awareness' of Risky Women of Osteoporosis towards Healthy Lifestyle. Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 39(2), 354-369. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2009.20760
Sahar Soliman; Samer Abd El-Raouf; Amel El- Said. "Raising Awareness' of Risky Women of Osteoporosis towards Healthy Lifestyle". Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 39, 2, 2009, 354-369. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2009.20760
Soliman, S., Abd El-Raouf, S., El- Said, A. (2009). 'Raising Awareness' of Risky Women of Osteoporosis towards Healthy Lifestyle', Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 39(2), pp. 354-369. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2009.20760
Soliman, S., Abd El-Raouf, S., El- Said, A. Raising Awareness' of Risky Women of Osteoporosis towards Healthy Lifestyle. Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2009; 39(2): 354-369. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2009.20760

Raising Awareness' of Risky Women of Osteoporosis towards Healthy Lifestyle

Article 8, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2009, Page 354-369  XML PDF (213.69 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jhiph.2009.20760
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Authors
Sahar Soliman* ; Samer Abd El-Raouf; Amel El- Said
Department of Community Heath Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Osteoporosis is a major threat to public health today and the most common bone disease world wide. Osteoporosis is a disease in which the density and quality of bone is reducing and increasing the risk of fracture. There is an increased awareness that osteoporosis is an international health care concern that affects millions of individuals worldwide, women are four times more likely than men to develop the disease. Therefore, raising awareness of risky women of osteoporosis towards healthy lifestyle can help the maintenance of healthy behaviors and reduction of life style factors that inhabit bone density. Objective: The aim of this study was raising the awareness' of risky women of osteoporosis towards healthy lifestyle. Methods: A quasi experimental design was used. The study was conducted from September 2008 up to January 2009, and the sample included 130 women. Three tools were developed by the researchers to cover the actual life style and assess the knowledge about osteoporosis and its prevention before and after awareness session and evaluate these sessions by using 3 points lickert scale. Results: The results revealed that 65.4% of women preferred fatty and starch food, 84.6% of them were drinking black tea, cola or coffee while 57.6% lacked physical exercises. There was significant difference (p≤ 0.05) between studied women mean score of life style pre and post implementation of awareness session regarding dietary habits and exercises. Conclusion: the study concluded that studied women had unhealthy life style which may lead to osteoporosis. However, raising awareness’ had positive effect on their life style.
Keywords
Lifestyle; Osteoporosis; Awareness; risk factors
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