Sudkanya Pancharean2011-02-222011-02-222010-04-012010-04-01Thai Journal of Nursing Council; Vol.24 No.2 April-June 2009; 78-87http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/132493The objectives of this study were to investigate health promoting behaviors and to examine the factors influencing health promoting behaviors among menopausal women. This study was based on Pender’s Health Promoting Model as a conceptual framework. The subjects were 200 menopausal women who came to visit the doctors at the Menopausal Clinic in Sawanpracharak Nakhonsawan Hospital. The research instruments consisted of a demographic data questionnaire, health promoting behaviors questionnaire, perceived health status questionnaire and social support questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Peason’s product moment correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression. The result showed that the overall health promoting behaviors of the menopausal women were at a good level. The stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that social support was the most powerful variable being able to predict health promoting behaviors at 25.80 percent (p \< .01) of the variable. Furthermore, Social support perceived health status, and educational level all together accounted for 38.10 percent (p \< .05) of the variance of health promoting behaviors.en-USThailand Nursing and Midwifery Council, Ministry of Public Health, ThailandResearch Reports