Health promotion in Isfahan Private Hospitals: An Exploratory Factor Analysis

Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) standards reorienting of hospitals towards health promotion.Theaime of ths research was determining of the effective factors for health promotion in Isfahan’s hospitals. Methods: This descriptive - analytical study was carried out on private hospitals of Esfahan. data collection was done by using of SPSS softwaren (Ver18) and Exploratory Factor Analysis procedure. Results: Overall In exploratory analysis identified 16 factor in 4 dimension (patient, staff, organization and community health promotion). Conclusion: Hospitals must design a specific system for improving and evaluating health promotion in order to encourage policy-makers and health service administrators to invest resources