Designing a Conceptual Model of Influencing Factors for Health Promoting Hospitals: A Comparative Study

Introduction: Increasing the numbers of patients with chronic diseases who need permanent support and the staff who are daily exposed to psychological stress require hospitals pay attention to health promotion plan as a key and important service. Method: In this descriptive-comparative study, different health promotion models were included. Data were collected via library tools and analyzed via comparative tables. Results: To implement health-promoting hospitals, ۶ main factors were identified: society, policy making, management, publishing (information), techniques for projects implementation, and evaluation. Discussion and Conclusion: To create a health-promoting hospital, various dimensions and factors are needed. The hospitals must not only pay attention to policy making and health-promoting planning, but also to implement this planning, must consider the appropriate techniques and evaluate the implemented plans.

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Health promoting hospital ، Hospital ، Comparative study ، بیمارستان متعهد به ارتقای سلامت ، بیمارستان ، مطالعه تطبیقی