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 he...

background: prostate cancer has been reported as the second leading cause of cancer death among men in 2013. prevention and early detection of cancer are considered as critical factors in controlling the disease and increasing the survival of patients. therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of health belief model (hbm)-based education on knowledge and prostate cancer screening behaviors ...

background: undoubtedly proper nutrition has a great role in the prevention of many diseases, especially osteoporosis, and in increasing intellectual and physical efficiency. considering the importance of nutrition education for school age children, this study was performed to determine the effect of health education based on health belief model on the knowledge, attitude and practice of the se...

BACKGROUND HIV infection related to commercial sexual contact is a serious public health issue in China. The objectives of the present study are to explore the predictors of condom use among female sex workers (FSWs) in China and examine the relationship between Health Belief Model (HBM) constructs. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A cross-sectional study was conducted in two cities (Wuhan and ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the behavioral pattern of Golestan University of Medical Science (GUMS) students as pedestrian and car occupants in relation to traffic law based on Health Belief Model. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed during 2012 in GUMS. A total of 370 students of GUMS were selected using multi-stage sampling method  including stratified and  random  sampling. Data w...

Background/Aim. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of perceived cognitive dysfunction and of depression, on self-reported QoL, in a Greek population sample of MS patients. Methods. One hundred outpatients diagnosed with MS completed the Short-Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36), as well as the Perceived Deficits Questionnaire (PDQ) and the Depression subscale of the Mental Health Invento...

Background & aim: Effective preconception care requires childbearing women's knowledge and attitude to improve maternal and neonatal health by the early recognition of risk factors related to pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate knowledge and attitude of Iranian women regarding preconception health based on the health belief model. Meth...

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...