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Introduction: Health promoting behaviors are intended to sustain or increase the level of well – being and self – actualization of a given individual or group. The school is an appropriate setting for teaching and encouraging health promoting behaviors in students. Teachers as students’ models have effective role in their training.
Methods: In this cross sectional study, 852 teachers in Kerman who were randomly selected were studied by self administered questionnaire for health promoting behaviors .16 general behaviors and 4 specific behaviors for women were evaluated.
Results: Knowledge of overweight for height with 94% was the most prevalent and consumption of low salt diet with %23.5 was the least prevalent of general health promoting behaviors. Knowledge of immunity against rubella with 72% was the most prevalent and monthly self-breast exam was the least prevalent health promoting behaviors in women’s specific behaviors. Conclusion: Preparing project for teaching health promoting behaviors for teachers in the first step and then providing such a project for teaching students in the next step could spread these behaviors in society, and improve level of general health.
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Special Received: 2014/09/27 | Accepted: 2014/09/27 | Published: 2014/09/27