Preconception care identifies and modifies the risk factors for pregnancy and childbirth. The present study aimed to determine the effects a preconception care education program, which was based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) and implemented by health volunteers, on knowledge and attitudes of women. A semi-experimental study was conducted using 22 health volunteers and 110 women aged 15-49 ye...

Iron deficiency anemia is one of the most common nutritional problems during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of education based on health belief model to promote preventive behaviors against iron deficiency anemia among pregnant women. The study was performed on 80 pregnant women that were randomized equally into the experimental and control groups. A self-administer...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to validate a Sociocultural Health Behavior Model using a structural equation analysis to determine the direction and magnitude of the interdependence of model components in relation to health behavior associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among Chinese Americans. METHODS A cross-sectional design included a sample of 311 Chinese American men...

  Objective: Oral health is one of the basic components of preschool children's health. Young children completely depend on their parents, specially their mothers, to have an appropriate oral health. Health belief model shows the relationship between some structures related to personal perceptions, barriers and perceived self-efficiency, and behavior. This study aims to determine the oral healt...

the effect­ of education based on health belief model (hbm) in decreasing dental plaque index among first grade of middle- school girl students in hamadan    sohrabivafa m [1] , moeini b [2] *, hazavehei smm [3] , soltanian ar [4] , rezaei l [5]     received: 12 aug , 2013 accepted: 23 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims : oral­-­dental health behaviors education to students is an impor...

Background: Considering the importance of learning health knowledge and the need to promote appropriate health attitudes, beliefs and behaviors regarding Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) among school-age people, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an educational program based on Health Belief Model (HBM) about HIV/AIDS....

background: this study evaluated the effect of an educational program on breast self-examination (bse) among women living in bandar abbas, iran. method: this trial studied 240 eligible women attending at eight health centers of bandar abbas who were randomly divided into intervention (n = 120) or control (n=120) group. data regarding belief on breast self examination were collected through the ...

cardiovascular disease is determined as the first cause of mortality in iran. nutrition and dietary intake has been known as the first and most important factor in the incidence of these diseases. this means that from 800 cases of daily mortality in the country, 300 cases are directly related to poor nutrition. fish is considered as a healthy food and its consumption is recommended twice a week...