background hiv/aids is one of the major public health problems and a barrier to the progress of human civilization that is considered as a big concern for people all around the world. premarital sexual abstinence is introduced as the most effective way to avoid hiv/aids. this study aimed to determine associated factors in the preventing behaviors of hiv/aids among young people using the extende...

background: urinary tract infection is one of the commonest infections which affect humans. half of all women have a uti in their lifetime and one fourth have recurrent infections. health behaviours can help patients to prevent urinary tract infection recurrence and changing beliefs is necessary for health behaviour change. the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of education based o...

background many dental problems such as tooth decay starts from childhood. in this regard, attitudes and beliefs of mothers about oral-dental health are important. the aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting oral-dental health in children of the mothers who referred to the qom health centers by using of the health belief model. materials and methods this is cross-sectional desc...

OBJECTIVE To understand hearing behaviors of adults seeking help for the first time through the application of two models of health behavior change: the transtheoretical model and the health belief model. DESIGN The relationships between attitudes and beliefs were examined relative to hearing-aid uptake and outcomes six months later. STUDY SAMPLE One hundred and sixty adults completed the U...

Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) negatively impacts children's health. Self-protective measures are available, but population uptake is variable. It essential to understand human beliefs and behaviours related in order the lack of self-protection communities. As a prelude undertaking comprehensive assessment attitudes on health effects TRAP exposure, we sought develop validate an appropriat...

background : the systematic application of pap test helps early diagnosis and effective treatment of cervical cancer. this study was conducted to assess the effect of education on health beliefs and practice of women eligible for pap test using health belief model (hbm). methods : this quasi-experimental study was conducted in hamadan city, the west of iran, in 2010 using before-after design. i...

conclusions the current study showed the effectiveness of hbm in adoption of nutrition and walking behaviors as well as the increase of bone density to prevent osteoporosis. results immediately and six months after the intervention, a significant increase was found in the intervention group’s health beliefs, nutrition, and walking performances to prevent osteoporosis. six months after the inter...