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Soft power is the ability to create compliance through credibility in domestic and foreign public opinion and to exert indirect influence on other global actors, independent of hard power resources such as military capability, geographical limitations, and economic sanctions. This concept is increasingly gaining attention from international actors and analysts. Presenting a national image and brand is one of the main factors in soft power, which is often a side effect or sometimes a direct result of countries' economic diplomacy. The main question is how the relationship between strengthening the dimensions of economic diplomacy—meaning the mutual benefit between foreign policy and the economy of countries—and improving national image, and consequently enhancing their soft power, exists. Therefore, the aim of this research is to explore and analyze the role of economic diplomacy in improving national image and enhancing soft power, focusing on the case of China. Analyzing China's experience in economic diplomacy through a case study method and descriptive-analytical approach shows that this country is one of the successful examples that, through designing and implementing a dynamic and effective form of trade diversification, direct and joint foreign investments prioritizing developing countries and infrastructure and technology sectors, strengthening tourism, providing developmental aid, managing migration flows, and creating regional and international economic initiatives, has significantly transformed its soft power status while also gaining direct economic and political benefits. This approach and its results from China's experience can be extensively utilized in formulating strategies, policies, and necessary actions for the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Today, many countries, considering their domestic capacities and international opportunities, are trying to build a national brand in order to improve their national identity and present a powerful and inspiring image in foreign minds. The progress and development of Makran coasts relies on having a unique regional development strategy (RDS) whose requirements are derived from the upstream documents and general policies of the country. The main research question is what is the position of the concept of national brand in the regional development model of Makran coast based on upstream documents? The current research, using the method of thematic analysis, examined the upstream documents and selected general policies of the country and concluded eight requirements in the regional development model of Makran. The results show that in the eyes of policymakers, the realization of the development of Makran coast depends on the formulation of national plans based on regional advantages, the transformation of the Makran region into a set of large centers and economic hubs with an international role, the promotion of economic diplomacy (with priority to neighbors and Islamic countries), activation The role of transit (with emphasis on the North-South corridor) is to pay attention to the government's protectionist attitude towards the regional development of Makran, give priority to knowledge-based industries and businesses, build a national brand, strengthen tourism and export handicrafts.

Nosocomial infection is a health problem in all countries. Considering the role of midwives in controlling nosocomial infection, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of an educational intervention based on model on preventive behaviors of nosocomial infection by Babol hospitals midwives was done.

The present study was a quasi-experimental study with intervention and control group. The interventions were performed in three 40-minute sessions in the Shahid Yahya Nejad Hospital in April and May 2017. The data collection tool was a structure Health Belief Model based(Awareness, structure Health Belief Model and behavior) on a questionnaire completed Its validity and reliability were assessed two months before and one month after Midwives who met the inclusion criteria education. Data were collected and analyzed by SPSS software v. 24 by Anova , T-test and ANCO one-way Covariance tests.

This research paper has been approved by the ethics committee IR.IAU.TMU.REC.1398.068 and informed consent will be taken from the participants in the study the information will remain confidential.

Before the intervention, the two groups did not differ significantly in terms of, mean scores of different model structures. After intervention, there was a significant difference in the mean and standard deviation of the effect of education on knowledge score (1.0±0.3), perceived sensitivity (2.8±1.5), perceived severity (3.6±1.7) Perceived barriers (-6.4±1.3), perceived benefits (5.1±4), self-efficacy (4.6 ± 2.6) and behavior( 3.1±1.1) was seen in the intervention group (P>0.05).

By increasing the scores obtained from the structures Especially self-efficacy and reduction of perceived barriers, designing and implementing an educational program based on model in midwives can increase their performance regarding the prevention of nosocomial infections.

Objective:

 Child abuse is not a new phenomenon, it exists in different forms in any country and culture. Health care workers in health centers provide health-based services to families from pre-pregnancy to early childhood. Therefore, they should have the ability to identify the occurrence of child abuse. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a PRECEDE-based educational program in empowering health care workers to identify child abuse.

Methods :

This is a quasi-experimental study conducted on 88 health care workers in health centers of Semnan city in Iran in 2017 who were randomly selected. They were divided into intervention (n= 44) and control (n=44) groups. The data collection tools were a demographic form and a researcher-made questionnaire based on the constructs of the PRECEDE model. Educational program was provided in the intervention group at 4 sessions of 60 minutes. Data were collected before and one month after the intervention. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS v. 22 using statistical tests including Fisher’s exact test, independent t-test, ANOVA, and paired t-test.  

Results:

 The mean age of participants was 34±7.81 years. At baseline, there was no significant difference between the two groups. After intervention,  the mean scores of knowledge (P<0.0001), attitude (P<0.0001), enabling factors (P<0.05), and reinforcing factors (P=0.0001) were significantly different between the two groups. The mean pretest score of behavior in the intervention group was 41.41±4.150, which reached 47.34± 2.820 after the educational intervention which was significantly different (P<0.0001), but there was no significant difference between the behavior scores of control group.

Conclusion:

 The education based on PRECEDE model increases predisposing factors (knowledge and attitudes), enabling factors, reinforcing factors, and behavior of health care workers in identifying the cases of child abuse.

Omega-3 is one of the most essential fatty acids  that the body must receive from the diet. Many studies have shown that there is a relationship between consuming  diet containing omega-3 fatty acids (EPA, DHA) and maintaining brain function and reducing cognitive impairment. The present study aimed to determine the predictors of omega-3 supplements consumption in order to prevent the elderly Alzheimer based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) constructs.

This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 323 elderly referring to the health centers of Tehran city in 2016 selected using a random sampling method. The data collection tool included demographic information, knowledge, and the HBM constructs, distributed after confirming its validity and reliability. The results were analyzed by SPSS-18 software using statistical tests, including Chi-square, independent t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman test, and logistic regression model.

Logistic regression analysis showed that the best predictors of omega-3 supplements consumption were, respectively, knowledge, performance, self-efficacy, and perceived susceptibility that could predict 74.5% of consumption or not consumption of omega-3 supplementation.

The present study led to identify the most powerful constructs of the HBM in predicting the behavior of omega-3 supplements consumption in the elderly. Therefore, this model can be designed and implemented as a reference framework to design educational interventions in preventing Alzheimer’s disease.

Considering the importance of improving the health of the mother and fetus during pregnancy, the role of training programs is undeniable. This study was performed aiming to examine the effect of education based on Health Belief Model (HBM) on promoting urinary tract infection preventive behaviors in pregnant women.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 94 pregnant women referring to comprehensive health centers in the city of Dezful, Iran, in 2019-2020. The sample was randomly divided into two intervention and control groups. The data collection tool was a questionnaire based on the HMB which was completed in two stages of before and two months after the training by pregnant women. The study hypotheses were tested using chi-square and independent t-tests at a significance level of 0.05.

There was no significant difference in terms of demographic variables and different dimensions of the HBM in the two study groups in the pre-intervention stage. But after receiving training by the experimental group, a significant difference was observed in the mean and standard deviation (SD) of education knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived barriers, perceived benefits, cues to action, efficacy, and behavior in the intervention group (P < 0.001).

Designing educational programs based on health belief model can be effective on preventive behaviors of gestational urinary tract infections. Because by increasing awareness, perceived sensitivity, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy have a positive effect on their behavior and reduce perceived barriers to adopting behaviors that prevent urinary tract infections during pregnancy.

Many non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, osteoporosis, and high blood pressure are related to unhealthy eating habits and patterns formed in childhood and the teenage period. This study investigated the effect of a training program based on the BASNEF model on snack consumption in elementary school girls in the second period.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 200 elementary school girls in Saveh, Iran, in 2019. Samples were selected by random sampling method and randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups (100 people in each group). The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, including demographic characteristics, BASNEF model constructs that were completed before, and 3 months after the experimental and control groupschr('39') educational intervention. The training program was performed in 3 sessions of education for students, one session for parents, and one session for principals, deputies, teachers, and school buffet officials. Data were analyzed by SPSS 24 software using Chi-square, paired, and independent t-tests.

Results showed that before the intervention, there was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of attitude, enabling factors, subjective norms, intention, and snack consumption behaviors (p>0.05). After the intervention, the mean score of attitude, subjective norms, enabling factors, intention, and healthy and unhealthy snack consumption behaviors in the experimental group were significantly higher than the control group (p<0.001).

Educational intervention based on the BASNEF model has effectively increased the consumption of healthy snacks and reduced the consumption of unhealthy snacks in elementary school girls.

The main cause of death of children in the world is accidents. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of educational intervention based on health belief model on accident-preventive behaviors in mothers with children under 5 years in Takestan city in the years 1398 to 1399.

This study is a quasi-experimental interventional study with two intervention and control groups. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS16 software. The sample size in this study was 60 people in each group who were divided into two groups of intervention and control. The intervention group was trained in different methods during four training sessions. After the training of the intervention group, post-test was obtained from both groups and information was analyzed.

The mean score of knowledge increased after the educational intervention. Also, according to the P-value, the difference at the significant level is 0.001. In the intervention group, except for the perceived severity, other components are significant. In other words, in the intervention group, except for the perceived severity, the mean scores increased in other components.

According to the study, it was observed that educational intervention based on the health belief model has a positive effect on increasing motherschr('39') awareness and practice in accident prevention in children under five years.

The application of neural networks in estimating and describing the structure of decision makers' priorities has been very much considered in solving multi-objective decision problems in recent years. The neural network is a new approach to estimate the decision-making function of a multi-objective problem. Developing and improving the teaching methods of these types of networks facilitate to find the preferred solution in multi-dimensional issues, especially large-scale issues. In this paper, the educational method is developed to increase the efficiency of a neural network. In addition, a genetic algorithm is used to train this neural network. Furthermore, an improved cost function is proposed to adjust the parameters of the neural network and based on this function the cost parameters of the neural network are optimized. The efficiency of the proposed method is shown in solving several practical examples, including linear/nonlinear and discrete/continuous optimization problems. The efficiency of the proposed method is shown in solving several practical examples, including linear/nonlinear and discrete/continuous optimization problems.

Developmental and behavioral disorders are among common problems in pediatric medicine. Early diagnosis of these disorders is important so there can be intervention and treatment. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of education based on the theory of planned behavior on promoting preventive behaviors of child’s development disorder on mothers in Qom in 2018.

In this study which was conducted as a quasi-experimental intervention in 2018, a sample of 106 mothers with children aged one year  were randomly assigned to two groups of control and test in 2018. The data collecting tool was the questionnaires based on theory of planned behavior that was completed twice: before and 1 month after the education. Educational intervention was performed in 4 sessions for the test group. Finally, the data were collected and analyzed using paired t–test, independent t-test, and Chi square in the context of the SPSS 22.

Before the intervention, the two groups had no significant difference in terms of demographic variables and mean scores of different structures of theory of planned behavior. However, after the intervention, there were significant differences between test and control group in terms of mean score and standard deviation, the educational effect,  knowledge score (2/85±2/37), attitude (7/13±3/28), subjective norm (6/64±3/66), perceived behavioral control (11/05±4/33), behavioral intention (9/8±3/92), and behavior (16/94±8/10) (P<0.001).

The findings of this study showed the effect and efficiency of the theory of planned behavior on promoting preventive behaviors of child’s development disorder in mothers.

Threatening 5%-10% of people over 65, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. Studies recommended the consumption of substances containing omega-3 as a way to prevent AD. The aim of present study was to determine factors related to consumption of omega-3 supplements based on the health belief model (HBM) constructs in order to prevent AD among the elderly. In this analytical cross-sectional study, 333 elderly, who referred to the healthcare centers of Tehran city in 2015-2016, were selected by stratified random sampling method. To be over 60 years old, absence of AD and consumption of omega-3 supplements during the past year, were set as the study entry criteria. Data were collected by a questionnaire developed based on HBM constructs after determining its validity and reliability were determined. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 16. The highest calculated mean belonged to the Preventive behavior construct 48.6 (P< 0.001) followed by Perceived benefits 42.3 (P< 0.001). The lowest mean value was acquired by the construct of perceived barriers. This study showed that there existed some significant correlations of the behavior of omega-3 supplement consumption with the knowledge and constructs of susceptibility, severity and benefits perceived by the elderly studied. Considering the present study results showing significant relationship of omega-3 supplement consumption with knowledge and majority of HBM constructs, it is suggested that some elderly education interventions be designed and implemented to promote the behavior of AD prevention through strengthening the constructs of HBM.

Patient plays a major role in treatment and control of diabetes. Therefore, his/her knowledge about various fields such as diet is very important. This research is conducted aiming at investigating the efficiency of Health Belief Model (HBM) for educating the patients with Type 2 Diabetes how to go on a diet. The current research is a quasi-experimental study. The studied population consists of 100 patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Tiran and Karvan counties and were randomly divided into two intervention (n=50) and control (n=50) groups. Data was collected through face to face interviews with patients using a researcher-made questionnaire with approved validity and reliability before and one month after the education. Furthermore, the collected data was analyzed by SPSS 19 and Chi-square test, Mann- Whitney, Paired t-test and independent T- test. After the intervention, a significant difference was seen between experimental and control groups in terms of scores of awareness, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, self-efficacy and eating behavior (P<0.05). The mean of blood glucose in experimental group was significantly lower after educational intervention compared to pre-intervention (P<0.05). According to the present study, health belief model is efficient in educating the eating behaviors of diabetic patients

Nurses are among the key people who have the most relationship with patients. Effective communication skills in nurses lead to satisfaction of patients with nursing services, stress reduction in patients and speeding up their recovery. Therefore, the current study aims to determine the effect of educational intervention based on BASNEF model on communication skills of nurses with patients in hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. This is a quasi-experimental study with a control group conducted on 96 nurses working in two hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2016. The participants were randomly selected from 17 hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The data-gathering tools were a demographic questionnaire and a researcher-made questionnaire based on the structures of the BASNEF model. Educational intervention was performed based on the results of the pre-test in the intervention group in 3 sessions of 45 minutes. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 18, statistical tests, Fisher exact test, independent t-test, ANOVA, and paired t-test. The results of this study showed that the mean score of knowledge, as well as the structures of the BASNEF model were significantly different from that of the control group’s after educational intervention (P<0.05), which confirms the effect of education on the basis of the BASNEF model. According to the results of this research, education based on the BASNEF model leads to the development of communication skills with the patient in nurses. Therefore, the researchers recommend education based on this educational model.

Stool sampling for cholera diagnosis of clients to health homes has significant effects on provision and maintenance of rural people health if it is done properly and regularly. However, the status of doing this behavior have not addressed in the studies. Therefore, this study aimed to examine determinates of stool sampling behavior for cholera diagnosis of clients to health homes among health workers in Taft city based on the Health Belief Model (HBM).
This cross-sectional study was carried out on 90 health workers of Taft city which entered the study by census in 2016. Date collection tool was a researcher made questionnaire including the subscales of knowledge, susceptibility, severity, perceived benefits and barriers as well as cues to action, self-efficacy, and stool sampling behavior for cholera diagnosis. Its validity was approved by a panel of expert and its reliability was approved by accounting Cronbach alpha in a pilot study (n = 20). Data were analyzed by SPSS 22 and using mean and standard deviation and the relationship between constructs and demographic variables were analyzed by correlation coefficient and regression tests.
In this study, 20 % of the participants reported that they always do stool sampling for cholera diagnosis correctly and only 13.3 % reported that they always do sampling for the suspected cases to the disease. The mean score of knowledge, susceptibility, severity, benefits, barriers, cues to action, self-efficacy were 55.71 ± 9.37 (22-66 possible range), 28.88 ± 3.24 (10-50 possible range), 12.01 ± 1.44 (3-15 possible range), 22.59 ± 5.26 (7-35 possible range), 42.34 ± 9.87 (11-55 possible range), 11.62 ± 2.81 (3-15 possible range) and 45.03 ± 7.54 (10-50 possible range), respectively. The HBM constructs accounted for 14 % of variance in stool sampling behavior which amongst perceived susceptibility (β = 0.271) and cues to action (β = 0.377) were the significant predictors.
The knowledge level of health workers in health homes regarding stool sampling for cholera diagnosis was at desirable level; however, the behavior was not so adequate. The Health Belief Model is a relatively suitable framework for promoting the behavior. Continuing and reinforcement of the HBM based programs with emphasizing on cues to action and perceived susceptibility are recommended.

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of theory based education on the performance of health workers in samples from patients with diarrhea in the home health eltour city of Taft in the years 2016. This was a quasi-experimental study as pretest and posttest associated with a control group.
In this study, 90 people were selected as convenience sampling in case and control groups. The study population included all health workers in the city of Taft in Yazd province . The independent variable was education based on health belief model in the experimental group. Data was collected using A researcher made questionnaire on the performance made with 8 subscales, which its validity and reliability were calculated according to a small sample. The questionnaire was administered to both groups in the pre-test and post-test. Data was analyzed using the descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and charts, as well a inferential statistics such as T- test was used for testing hypotheses.
the statistical analysis of data showed that there is a significant difference on sample between experimental and control groups following the educational intervention Our findings showed that there was no significant difference after entering the independent variable Statistical analysis showed that between the mean scores of the difference between performance in both groups. This means that the independent variable of education based on the health belief model increased the performance of health worker in dimensions such as awareness and behavior, and structures such as perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, self-efficacy and guidance for action in the case group.
Considering the limitations of the study, the results showed that education based on the health belief model is one of the most effective ways to improve the performance of health workers.

One of the cancers that endanger women's health is cervical cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an educational intervention based on the BASNEF model on promoting cervical cancer preventive behavior in women.
This was a semi-experimental study among women referring to health centers in Damavand, Iran, in year 2016. Women were randomly assigned either to intervention (n = 60) or control (n = 60) groups. Data were collected by a self-designed questionnaire based on the BASNEF model constructs. After the pre-test, the intervention group received an educational program in 2 sessions each lasting for 60 minutes while the control group received nothing. The analysis was performed using t-test, paired t-test, and McNemar test. In order to analyze data, SPSS version 23 was used.
The mean age of women was (31.25 ± 3.38) years. The findings indicated that compared to the control group the intervention group showed significant improvements on knowledge, and behavioral variables (p = 0.001).
The results of this study showed that educational intervention based on the BASNEF model was effective in promoting cervical cancer prevention behavior in women.

­The health literacy,skills and abilities of individuals are in line with appropriate decision making in the field of health promotion. Adolescents are the age groups whose basic health literacy is essential for their nutritional practice . The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between health literacy and nutritional practice in adolescents.
The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional study that was performed on 400 boy and girl youngsters were selected by multistage-random sampling during the academic year 2015. The data were collected through questionnaires that included three parts: a) individual characteristics ­b) health literacy (HELMA)­­c)the­nutritional­practice. Data analysis was performed with SPSS version 20 and proportional tests.
50% of female participants, with an average age of 17 years and 74.5 % of adolescents had Limited ( inadequate and not so adequate) health literacy, 68 percent had average nutritional practice. There was a direct correlation between aspects of health literacy with nutritional practice. Namely, by increasing health literacy, nutritional practice is improved. (p-value The results of this study showed the role of health literacy in the nutritional practice of the adolescents. Due to high levels of limited health literacy in adolescents, health education interventions are necessary to improve health literacy among teenagers.

Reports have revealed a growing tendency towards sedentary lifestyles in all age groups, especially among female adolescents. This study aimed to determine the influence of a social cognitive theory (SCT)-based educational intervention on the physical activity of secondary school students in 2013.
This randomized, controlled field trial was conducted on 132 second- and third-year high school female students. The subjects were divided into control and intervention groups- 68 students with an average of 13 ± 1 years of age in each group. Data collection tools included demographic, physical activity, and SCT-based questionnaires. For data analysis, descriptive statistics were calculated and regression test was performed using SPSS 22 through descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression with 95% confidence interval.
In the intervention group, a significant increase was observed in the mean scores of selected SCT concepts (environmental factors, behavioral capacity, outcome expectation, expectancies, observational learning, reinforcement, and self-efficacy), affecting physical activity (p SCT-based educational intervention has a positive impact on the physical activity of female adolescents.

The use of technology has increased occupational diseases. People in work zone may be exposure to various harmful agents such as physical, chemical, ergonomic, biological and psychological agents. These factors can lead to many of occupational and work related diseases. This study aimed to determine the work related diseases among staff of a hospital in Tehran.This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 233 hospital`s staff. Job records and the check list of work related diseases were used to collect data. Descriptive and analytical statistics using SPSS version 16 were applied for analysis. The results showed that 62.7 % of workers had musculoskeletal disorders. These disorders were more reported among people aged 30 to 39, females, paramedics and people with more than 10 years of work history. Prevalence of mental disorders was 18% and working age group of less than 29 years had the highest frequency among them. Skin diseases related to work with a prevalence rate about 24.1% among people aged more than 40 years was considerable. Work-related diseases in hospital are common especially musculoskeletal that caused by ergonomic agents. Regarding to high prevalence of work related diseases especially musculoskeletal disorders, among participants, applying educational interventions adjusted to job type of personnel could be a practical suggestion.

physical activity at teenage time is known as Health determinant at adolescence and elderly. The aim of this study is determining of Intended level of physical activity and effective factors in boy high school students advice on a housing town in Tehran.

A cross-sectional study done on 179 boy students. Data was collected through researchers made questionnaire. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire was tested by content validity technique and –Cronbach''s Alpha respectively. SPSS and descriptive and analytical statistics were used to analyze the Collected Data. Finally، based on the results، strategies for promoting physical activity for students was provided.

36/3 percent، 34/1 percent and 29/6 percent of students respectively were low، moderate and severe physical activity level.  The research community access to sports facilities were in the home respectively 54/2 percent low، 27/4 percent moderate and 18/4 percent high، and in the school، respectively، 55/3 percent low، 43 percent moderate and 1/7 percent high have evaluated. 74. 3 percent of the students were not support enough and 25/7 percent had good support by their family. The level of physical activity had a significant relationship with BMI، class basis، and age. However it had no significant relations with parent’s education levels and job.

To increase physical activity among students، school- based interventions and increased use of family support is essential. Creating and facilitating access to sports facilities in schools and homes should be. And the benefits of regular physical activity to be taught students and families.

Osteoporosis is considered as a silent disease. Having knowledge and correct health beliefs can be effective on preventive behaviors in osteoporosis disease. This study aimed to determine the impact of educational intervention on knowledge، perceptions and self-efficacy among adolescent girls. this quasi-experimental study was performed on 45 adolescent girls from one town of Tehran. The data collection instrument was a validated and reliable questionnaire in 3 sections: demographic; health belief model component; and self-efficacy that was used before & after the education. The educational intervention based on health belief model with direct and indirect methods was conducted. The data was analyzed by SPSS 15 software and we used paired t-test for statistical analysis of the data. The findings of this study and comparing the means showed a significant difference between the mean scores of students، Knowledge before and after the educational intervention (p<0/05) and so also on the mean scores of health belief model structures، perceived susceptibility، perceived barriers of physical activity، self efficacy of calcium intake، self- efficacy of physical activity before and after the intervention (p<0/05). The educational intervention based on health belief model، may lead to increased knowledge، perceived susceptibility، increased elimination of perceived barriers of physical activity، increase in the self efficacy of calcium intake and physical activity. Therefore in order to prevent osteoporosis، we suggest the educational intervention based on health belief model in promoting knowledge، perceptions، and self-efficacy.

Considering the importance of sufficient physical activity in military personnel, this study was designed to determine the levels of this activity and factors influencing it among personnel of a military center in Iran. This cross-sectional method on 191 individuals randomly selected from entire staff working in a military center. A self – report valid and reliable questionnaire was applied to collect the data. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS software, descriptive and analytical statistics. According to the findings of the study prevalence of low, moderate and high levels of physical activity by study population was 35.1%, 19.4% and 45.5% respectively.A significant positive association was seen between levels of physical activity with both knowledge (P=0.001) and gender (P=0.022). However, the association between, physical activity, with other studied factors such as age, job, and level of formal education was not significant. The most important factor of physical inactivity among participants was lack of enough free-time. On the other hand, accessibility to facilitates, organizational exercise, providing physical equipment's in job settings, and having free-time were the most important factors to promote the levels of physical activity, mentioned by the subjects. On the basis of the findings, especially considering the prevalence of the low level activity, 35.1%, and other documents supported this finding, one may conclude that performing educational program about to physical activity among military personnel seems necessary. To develop and promote enough equipment's and facilitates to increase the chance of sufficient physical activity among personnel is very important.