BACKGROUND Childbirth is regarded as an important life event for women, and growing numbers of them are making the choice to give birth by Caesarean Delivery. The aim of this study was to identify the factors influencing the decision that women make on their mode of delivery, underpinned by the Health Belief Model. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study. Hong Kong Chinese women aged 18-45, ...

skin cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer in most of the countries and more than 90% of cancer cases are related to ultra violet rays of the sun. therefore protective behaviors against sunlight are considered the most essential measures for skin cancer prevention. this study has been conducted to determine the frequency of protective behavior against sunlight among female students of teh...

BACKGROUND People suffering from asthmatic symptoms have a lower quality of life than those without. The aim of this study is to clarify the association of quality of life with the severity of asthma, perceived stress, and other factors such as the comorbidity of allergic diseases among young adults with asthma. METHODS The study participants were 695 asthma patients, aged 20-44 years, from 2...

Background Iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional problem and one of the main reasons of anemia especially in girls. This study was designed to determine the effect of combined educational inference based on HBM model about preventing iron deficiency anemia on the enhancement of knowledge, attitude and behavior of high school girls in the Faridan city of Isfahan province. Materials a...

Aims: The goal of this study is to investigate  the impact of teaching on the health belief model constructs in the preventive  behaviors of metabolic syndrome in premenopausal women over  40  years of Gachsaran. Methods:  130 females who visited health and treatment centers were divided into two groups of control and intervention.  The instrument for gathering data was a questionnaire contain...

OBJECTIVE Underutilization of needed mental health services continues to be the major mental health disparity affecting Asian Americans (Sue, Cheng, Saad, & Chu, 2012). The goal of this study was to apply a social psychological theoretical framework-the health belief model (Rosenstock, 1966)-to understand potential reasons why Asian Americans underutilize mental health services relative to Whit...

background: accidents are the first cause of death in children under 5- year, especially in low- and middle-income countries. the aim of this study was to identify the determinants of prevention behavior of domestic accidents in mothers of children fewer than 5 years old based on protection motivation theory )pmt(. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study, 190 m...