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Health Promoting Behaviors Health promoting behaviors by healthcare professionals could help in promoting the quality of life of people. Nola Pender discussed Health Promotion Model (HPM) in 1996 that was facilitating the determination of health promoting behaviors. The model provided the theoretical framework and showed the importance of perceptions about activity on individual behavior. It had three interrelating categories along with ten determinants influencing the health-promoting behavior. However, in the model, Pender did not incorporate a spiritual component. Researchers have found that spiritual well-beings and religious beliefs play important role in health promoting behavior (Boland, 2000). ...