The Effect of Education Based on the Health Belief Model on the Promotion of Sanitary Wastewater Disposal Behavior

Background. Disposal of non-sanitary wastewater in the rural area leads to pollution surface water, groundwater, and soil. It also creates unpleasant landscapes a suitable environment for growth propagation various types insects rodents. Therefore, aim this study was investigate effect education based on Health Belief Model (HBM) promotion sanitary disposal behaviors residents. Methods. This interventional conducted 72 heads households Aq-Qala, Iran. Two similar villages were selected assigned experimental control group through simple random allocation. Then, 36 from each village. Data collected before after intervention reliable valid HBM questionnaire. Paired samples t-test, Wilcoxon, independent t-test Mann-Whitney test employed analyze data by SPSS version 17. Results. Before intervention, there wasn’t significant difference between two groups terms knowledge, constructs, behavior demographic characteristics (P>0.05). After mean score perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, self-efficacy increased significantly barriers decreased (P<0.05). However, no found Conclusion. The educational effective promoting knowledge but it not domain behavior. As far as digging absorptive well is costly, so addition increasing number training sessions, inter-sectoral cooperation village councils recommended. Background residents Aq-Qala. Methods For group, consisted holding three sessions about disposal. classes held health house. Each session lasted at least one hour. trainings form lectures followed questioning answering. No group. researcher structured questionnaire which built HBM. 4 sections: (6 question); (5 constructs (35 questions) including: susceptibility questions), severity (8 benefits (4 cues action (2 questions); (3 questions). questionnaires completed interviews trained people who knew language participants. analyzed conducting paired t- test, use SPSS. Results Mean age participants 40.4± 15.5 42.8± 14.1 years, respectively. In both 80.6% male. Rural worker's opinion important 86% 100% 75% had received information sewage workers. (P<0.05), Conclusion results present showed that designed successful having positive did affect Practical Implications Research specialists unit care networks should pay attention fact since besides houses centers, an factor issue villages. Ethical Considerations approval obtained Ethics Committee Golestan University Medical Sciences with ethics code 14791793061940. Conflict Interest authors declare they have competing interests. Acknowledgement funded supported (GOUMS); Grant No. 930618124. We thank all our dear colleagues Management Social Development Center Deputy Technology their research project. would like sincerely staff Aq-Qala (Rural worker/ Behvarz) those helped us study.