background success of screening programs depends on the people belief toward the importance and necessityof these programs . this study was conducted to determine the effect of health belief on participation of official administrative personnel of shiraz university of medical sciences with an average risk (age: 40 years) for colorectal cancer in fecal occult blood test (fobt). materials and met...

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...

backgroundosteoporosis is one of the most important health problems and it is of great importance to prevent this disease. this study aimed to evaluate the nutritional preventive behavior of osteoporosis using health belief model in female students in qom city, iran.materials and methodsthis cross-sectional descriptive analytical study was conducted on 265 tenth to twelfth grade female students...

background although osteoporosis is a disease of adulthood, it can start from childhood and adolescence. lifestyle, especially physical activity, mobility, and proper nutrition during adolescence are among the important osteoporosis preventive factors. therefore, this study aimed to determine related factors of physical activity preventive behavior of osteoporosis based on the health belief mod...

background: we aimed to create a shortened form of the champion health belief model instrument which is a widely used questionnaire about breast cancer screening behaviors with acceptable validity and reliability. methods: the persian version of the champion health belief model (chbm) instrument consists of 57 items in 8 concepts. the subjects of the study were 40 female faculty members and 34 ...

background: one of the major challenges in current methadone maintenance treatment retention rates in the treatment and prevention of relapse addiction. the aim of this study was determine the factors influencing relapse based on health belief model. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 384 patients on methadone maintenance treatment referred to addiction clinic in hamadan, whic...

background osteoporosis is one of the most common metabolic bone diseases and is the silent epidemic of this era. objectives this study evaluates the effect of education that is based on the health belief model on promoting osteoporosis prevention behaviors among female high school students. conclusions the education based on health belief model plays an important role in increasing knowledge a...

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...

background cigarette smoking is a common problem among teenagers. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking among teen boys in marivan city, based on health belief model. materials and methods a cluster randomized sample of 470 male students with16.2±2.5   from 6 secondary schools of marivan city- iran, completed a self-report and questionnaire consisting of hea...

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...