^{#smrgKİTABEVİ} International Research in Health Sciences - 2023

The ability of a person so as to have a physically, mentally, spiritually and socially well-developed body structure and to be able to sustain it; briefly, to lead a healthy and productive life, is related to many factors such as nutrition, heredity, climate and environmental conditions. It is known that health is related to the physical, social and cultural environment, human life is a whole from prenatal to death, health services cannot be provided only by health institutions and protection is superior. Health has a great importance in having a high quality of life and maintaining it. It can be said that the behaviour of individuals an important effect on the protection and development of health. If individuals show appropriate health behaviour, they can not only protect their health, but also improve their health and ensure that this situation is sustained, which is possible if person primarily takes care of his own health and develops health awareness.