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Background & Aims: Health promoting behavior is one of the main criteria of health and it has a potential impact on improvement of health and quality of life in middle-aged women. In addition, it leads to a reduction in health care services expenditure. This study is conducted to determine the effect of group counseling on health promotion behaviors in middle-aged women who referred to border health centers of Urmia in 2018. Materials & Method: This is an RCT study with pre-test and post-test on the control group. Statistical population of this study was 90 middle-aged women who referred to border health centers that were randomly divided into experimental groups (n = 45) and control (n = 45). The research instruments were demographic questionnaire and standard questionnaire HPLP2 that was completed before and after the intervention. The intervention consisted of six 60-90 minute group counseling session. The non-intervention group received normal care. Data were analyzed by SPSS-20, T-test Wilcoxon rank tests. P-value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Result:  Before the intervention, mean scores were matched the two groups. But after intervention showed a significant increase a mean of the health-promoting behaviors (diet, exercise, responsibility, stress management, interpersonal support, and self-actualization) (P

Keywords: Group counseling, Health promotion behavior, Middle-aged women, Slums

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