The Role of Social Capital on the Health Promotion Behaviors in Women Teachers at Bam Girls’ Schools

Abstract

A healthy lifestyle prevents more than half of diseases and disorders in humans. Social capital is a decisive factor in lifestyle modification. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of social capital on health promotion behaviors in a group of teachers from Bam, Kerman, Iran. The present study was a descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study. The participants were 245 secondary school teachers that were studied using census data. The integration of two standard questionnaires in the field of health promotion behaviors and social capital were the research instruments. Data analysis was done using the SPSS v23 software. The average age of the participants was 39.4 years. Also, none of the demographic variables had a significant effect on health promotion behaviors. The highest and lowest score of practices were related to religion believes with an average of 14.47 and physical activities with an average of 10.64. Finally, the average of health promotion behaviors and social capital in women teachers were evaluated at the desirable level. Considering the role of teachers in educating and providing knowledge to future generations, it can positively affect the health of the whole society through effective interventions on this group. This requires paying more attention to the empowerment and promote the individual and groups of teachers. Therefore, one of the natural and inexpensive ways to improve society’s health is to promote health components in teachers and their self-sufficiency in the field of health.