background: promoting physical activity is one of the most effective strategies for reducing the risk of some chronic and non-communicable diseases. one of the theoretical approaches to the promotion of physical activity is the transtheoretical model. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of transtheoretical model-based education on promoting physical activity among employees of abu...

objective: over the past two decades, the incidence of cesarean section in most countries has increased. cesarean section increases the risk of death and complications in the mother and fetus. educational interventions based on behavior change models can play an important role in reduce the rate of cesarean section. the aim of our study is investigation the effect of educational intervention ba...

background: breast cancer is the most frequently occurring cancer among women worldwide so that, if detected in early stages, it would be controllable. mammography is considered as the most exact means of detecting breast cancer in the earlier stages. this study evaluated and compared the effectiveness of three educational interventions on knowledge and health beliefs regarding breast cancer sc...

abstract background: people working in professions such as nursing have a lot of stress and are at risk for anxiety disorders. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of applied relaxation educational program based on precede model on decreasing anxiety of nurses. methods: in this interventional study with a control group, 40 nurses of vali-asr hospital as intervention group and...

objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the efficiency of educational abstract  intervention based on precede educational method in the promotion of quality of life among the aged under the coverage of tehran cultural house of aged people 2009. the population of the aged [people] is increasing in all parts of the world even in developing countries. the increase of the number of the...

The objective was to identify the difference in knowledge about hypothermia in nursing assistant after an educational intervention. The conceptual basis of education is based on the prospect of meaningful learning allied to the construction of the conceptual map and the case study. Data were collected through the questionnaire validated by experts. The average knowledge after the educational in...

background: educational interventions to promote physical activity are one of the health priorities. a theoretical approach to promote and maintain physical activity is the transtheoretical model (ttm). this research was conducted to determine the effects of this model on students' physical activity habits in 2011. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 200 students in two grou...

conclusions the results of this study showed that an educational intervention based on transtheoretical model can improve stages of change in physical activity behavior. it can also enhance cognitive factors such as perceived benefits and self-efficacy for exercise up to three months after the intervention, but over the time changes may decrease. results stages of change of physical activity in...

Background and Objectives Increasing grandparent-grandchild interactions have not been targeted as a potential contributing factor to the recent surge in pediatric poisonings. We hypothesized that in grandparents with a young grandchild, a single educational intervention based on the PROTECT "Up & Away" campaign will improve safe medication knowledge and storage at follow-up from baseline. Me...