Health promoting practices and personal lifestyle behaviors of Brazilian health professionals

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 1114 - 10
• Main Authors: Hidalgo, Karen D., Mielke, Grégore I., Parra, Diana C., Lobelo, Felipe, Simões, Eduardo J., Gomes, Grace O., Florindo, Alex A., Bracco, Mário, Moura, Lenildo, Brownson, Ross C., Pratt, Michael, Ramos, Luiz R., Hallal, Pedro C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 24.10.2016; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Behavior; Brazil; Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Cervix; Chronic illnesses; Community Health Workers; Counseling; Diet; Exercise; Female; Fruits; Health aspects; Health Behavior; Health care; Health Promotion; Humans; Hypertension; Life Style; Lifestyle behavior; Lifestyles; Male; Management; Medical personnel; Medical screening; Middle Aged; Nurses; Nutrition research; Patients; Personal health; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Physicians; Prevalence; Prevention; Primary care; Primary Health Care; Professionals; Public health; Questionnaires; Response rates; Sampling methods; Sedentary Behavior; Self Efficacy; Sleep; Smoking; Social aspects; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vegetables; Young Adult; Brazil; United States > US; Latin America; Health care; Brazil; Health promotion; Lifestyle behavior; Counseling
• ISSN: 1471-2458; 1471-2458
• DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3778-2

This study was conducted to examine the lifestyle behaviors and health promoting practices of physicians, nurses, and community health workers in Brazil. A random sample of primary health care units in Brazil was selected, and a pretested questionnaire was administered via phone interviews, in 2011,...