introduction: preventive measures such as training and awareness and prevention skills for personal protection in the musculoskeletal areas are one of the most important strategies in health care systems. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an educational intervention based on health belief model (hbm) on promoting preventive behavior of musculoskeletal problems in female afg...

background: osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease in postmenopausal women. it seems necessary to determine the factors affecting the adoption of preventive behaviors of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women using the patterns that identify the factors influencing behavior. objectives: to investigate preventive behaviors of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women in fasa, fars provi...

background: urinary tract infection (uti) is one of the most  common infections seen in all age and both sex groups which frequently occur among adolescent and young women. utis are the second most common cause of emergency department attendance for adolescents. considering the importance of promoting preventive behaviors of uti, we aimed to evaluate the effect of peer education based on health...

Assessing the Level of Engagement in Preventive Behaviors and COVID-19 Related Anxiety Iranian Adults

Introduction: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a chronic condition characterized by gradual decline of mental abilities and behavioral disorders, which decreases the quality of life in elderly people. The aim of this study was to evaluate behaviors that may prevent elderly people from AD in Yazd. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 220 people aged from 60 to 70 years in Y...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of self-reported preventive behaviors in response to an anticipated local human-to-human H5N1 transmission outbreak and factors associated with such behaviors have not been examined. METHODS A random, anonymous, cross-sectional telephone survey of 503 Hong Kong Chinese adults. RESULTS The public in Hong Kong is likely to adopt self-protective behaviors (e.g., weari...

Background Women in their middle-age enjoy abilities that affect their health promotion and improvement. Throughout their entire lifetime, women strive to maintain and improve their health through benefiting from behaviors that come from experience. Objective This study was carried out with the aim of identifying self-care behaviors that middle-aged women consider as far as maintaining and pr...