The evaluation of healthy life style behaviours of 15-49 age group women that live in the center of Tunceli city according to their health, social and demographical features

Healthy life style is realized by one?s controlling all of the behaviors that affect her health and by selecting the positive behaviors appropriate for her health condition. This survey is carried out for assessing the healthy life style behaviors (HLSB) of 15-49-year-old women who live in the city center of Tunceli according to their health, social and demographical features.This survey, which is cross-sectional, is carried out by getting in touch with 511 women which is chosen among the sample (540 people) from the female population (6511 people)that falls within the age groups of 15-49, living in the city center of Tunceli. The data of the survey is gathered by conducting a face to face questionnaire; first part of the questionnaire consists of questions about some factors which are considered to have an effect on women?s health, social, and demographical features and on their HLSB. The second part of the questionnaire consists of questions about healthy life style behaviors scale (HLSBS). In the analysis of the data, t test and single direction variance analysis are used.The avarage age of women is 32.52±8.72 (min:16, max:49 age) and the general avarage of their HLSBS is determined to be 116.95±23.04 (min:48, max:192). HLSBS avarage point is determined to be higher in those who both took high school and college education as spouses, those who work, those who have a high income level, those whose house condition indicators are generally positive, those who are not exposed to violence, those who don?t have a chronic disease, those who tell that they do execise, and in those who eat regularly (P<0.05). It is determined that having fewer people in the house and a high monthly income increases the point of one?s realizing herself . It is also determined that women those who didn?t migrated here have higher points of feeding behaviors, realizing themselves and stress management (P<0.05).As a conclusion, HLSB general point of women, who fall within the age groups of 15-49 living in the center of Tunceli, is found to be medium level. Some required steps should be taken in order to minimize and prevent the individual, familial and environmental problems that have an effect on women?s health behaviors.Key words: Tunceli, 15-49 age group women, healthy life style behaviors.