title: The Relationship Between Religiosity and Health-Promoting Behaviors in Pregnant Women.
abstract: Pender's health promotion model guided this descriptive/correlational study exploring the relationship between religiosity and health-promoting behaviors of pregnant women at Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs). A consecutive sample included women who knew they were pregnant at least 2 months, could read/write English, and visited PRCs in eastern Pennsylvania. Participants completed self-report surveys that examined religiosity, demographics, pregnancy-related variables, services received at PRCs, and health-promoting behaviors. Women reported they "sometimes" or "often" engaged in health-promoting behaviors, Hispanic women reported fewer health-promoting behaviors than non-Hispanic women, and women who attended classes at the centers reported more frequent health-promoting behaviors than those who did not attend classes. In separate multiple linear regressions, organized, non-organized, and intrinsic religiosity and satisfaction with surrender to God explained additional variance in health-promoting behaviors above and beyond what Hispanic ethnicity and attending classes at the PRCs explained in pregnant women at PRCs.
authors.affiliation: 1 DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Natalie A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Cyphers
authors.affiliation: 2 East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Clements
authors.affiliation: 3 University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA.
authors.forename: Glenda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lindseth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D057566:Self Report; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Pregnancy Resource Center; health-promoting behaviors; pregnancy; religiosity