The Health Belief Model (HBM) posits that messages will achieve optimal behavior change if they successfully target perceived barriers, benefits, self-efficacy, and threat. While the model seems to be an ideal explanatory framework for communication research, theoretical limitations have limited its use in the field. Notably, variable ordering is currently undefined in the HBM. Thus, it is uncl...

OBJECTIVE Epidemiological studies have shown an association between increased bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoarthritis (OA), but whether this represents cause or effect remains unclear. In this study, we used a novel approach to investigate this question, determining whether individuals with High Bone Mass (HBM) have a higher prevalence of radiographic hip OA compared with controls. DESI...

BACKGROUND Oral and dental health diseases can affect the general health of students. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify the predictors of oral and dental health behavior using the health belief model (HBM) in female students in Teheran, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study framed by the HBM, including 400 female students living in district 5 of Tehran, ...

background: self-care is an essential element in treating a person with diabetes; and managing diabetes is of prime importance. the aim of this study was to investigate the predictors of adherence to self-care behavior among women with type 2 diabetes.   methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 210 female patients aged 30 to 60. data collection tool was an anonymous valid and reliab...

aims: the oral health is one of the most of public health problems and women with pregnancy have high risk for dental caries and need more attention. the purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a health education intervention based on the health belief model (hbm) on oral health behavior in pregnant women. methods: this is a quasi-experimental study carried out on 130 pregnant ...

Dialog act (DA) tags are useful for many applications in natural language processing and automatic speech recognition. In this work, we introduce hidden backoff models (HBMs) where a large generalized backoff model is trained, using an embedded expectation-maximization (EM) procedure, on data that is partially observed. We use HBMs as word models conditioned on both DAs and (hidden) DAsegments....

The long-term objective of this research project is to characterize multi-pollutant (arsenic, lead, cadmium, and chromium) human exposures by linking sources to biomarkers using a multi-scale (individual level, county level) hierarchical Bayesian model (HBM) that describes how multi-media pathways contribute to direct routes of exposure. Our approach is to use a statistical model that has expli...

Objective: Pap smear test is an appropriate screening method for early diagnosis of cervical cancer and reduction of mortality. This study targeted effects of group counseling based on the Health Belief Model on cervical cancer screening practices of Iranian rural women. Method: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 80 rural women under coverage of the health care centers in rural area...

Background: Adherence to the treatment regimen reduces complications of surgery after heart valve replacement. Educating patient can improve adherence. This study thus aimed evaluate effect education based on health belief model (HBM) adherence in patients with replacement surgery. Methods: In this quasi-experimental research, a total 90 undergoing were studied. The subjects selected randomly a...