Health Promoting Activities Scale (HPAS):
Health Promoting Activities Scale:
The Health Promoting Activities Scale (HPAS) was initially developed by Dr. Bourke-Taylor, Professor Mary Law, Associate Professors Linsey Howie and Julie Pallant to measure the participation of mothers of children with disabilities in health and leisure occupations. The times and intent of the scale is universal and relates to anyone. The HPAS is an 8-item, self-report scale that estimates a person/mother’s frequency in engaging in self-selected health-promoting activities. It enables collaboration with clients to determine their preferred and required healthy leisure participation associated with better physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual and social health and wellbeing. More information on the psychometric evaluations of the scale and other publications can be found HERE.
Link with Do-Live-Well framework:
– Accessing the concept of Activity patterns (Engagement, Meaning, Balance, Choice and Control)
– Accessing concepts of Dimensions of experience (Connecting with others, Taking care of yourself, Developing and expressing identity, Developing capabilities and potential, Experiencing pleasure and joy)
– Accessing concept of Well-Being