Natural health product knowledge as a significant factor associated with health-promoting lifestyle in a low-income urban community in Kuala Lumpur.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low income communities are vulnerable to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which affect their economy and disability status. An effective approach to address the NCD burden is through the multidimensional concept of health-promoting lifestyle. Another preferred approach by the population worldwide for NCD treatment is natural health product (NHP). Studies on NHP and health-promoting lifestyle among this vulnerable population, specifically the low-income urban community, are limited. Therefore, this study, aimed at investigating the NHP knowledge and health-promoting lifestyle, and to determine the factors associated with health-promoting lifestyle in a low income urban community in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. This study has focused on sociodemographic characteristics, annual h

SUBMITTER: Syed Shamsuddin SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308702 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature