TY - JOUR JF - payeshj JO - Payesh VL - 14 IS - 1 PY - 2015 Y1 - 2015/2/01 TI - Health status, education and gender: effects on people’s awareness, life style and health related quality of life TT - سنجش سطح سلامت شهروندان تبریزی و بررسی تاثیر تحصیلات وجنسیت بر آگاهی‌های بهداشتی، سبک زندگی سلامت محور و کیفیت زندگی مرتبط با سلامت N2 - Objective (s): This study aimed to measure health status and explain the role of gender and education on health related quality of life, health awareness and life style in Tabriz, Iran. Methods: A sample of 650 individuals aged between 15-65 years old were selected randomly from 9 municipality area of Tabriz. A questionnaire with three sections was used for data collection. Results: The results showed that, compared to women, men scored higher on quality of life but women’s scored higher on healthy life style. Peoples with higher education had better health compared to those with lower education. Conclusion: The findings confirm that gender and education has effect on people’s health status. SP - 85 EP - 92 AU - Hosein Banifatemeh, AU - Jafar Shahamfar, AU - Mohammad bagher Alizade aghdam, AU - Bahman Abdi, AD - Department of Social Science, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran KW - Health related quality of life KW - Health awareness KW - healthy life style UR - http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-258-en.html ER -