Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) Health Education and Health Promotion 2588-5715 12 4 2025 07 13 Health-Promoting Hospitals’ Standards and Their Correlation with Nurses’ Caring Behaviors 605 610 2567 10.58209/hehp.12.4.605 EN M. Esmaeelzadeh Student Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran M. Pirani Hashemi Nezhad Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran M. Bahrami Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran M. Soleimanian Asl Student Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran H. Sabeghi Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Journal Article 2025 07 13 Aims: This study aimed to determine the correlation between health-promoting hospitals’ standards and nurses’ caring behaviors. Instrument & Methods: This correlational study was conducted on 228 nurses working in hospitals affiliated with Birjand University of Medical Sciences in 2021 in Birjand, Iran. The research instruments included the demographic characteristics checklist, the Caring Behavior Inventory, and the World Health Organization’s Health Promotion Standards Adherence Scale. Findings: There was a significant positive correlation between the total score of health-promoting hospital standards and the total score of nurses’ caring behaviors from the perspective of nurses (p<0.001, r=0.494). Likewise, there was a significant positive correlation between all dimensions of health-promoting hospitals’ standards and all dimensions of nurses’ caring behaviors (p<0.001). Conclusion: Hospitals enhance nurses’ caring behavior by following health-promoting hospital standards and fostering a positive work environment with improved inter-professional relationships.

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