Aims: The most unwanted pregnancy occurs while couples used less effective contraceptive method. The purpose of this study was determine effectiveness of educational program to persuade couples for choosing more and the most effective contraceptive methods based on BASNEF model. Materials and methods: This experimental study carried out on 120 couples using less effective contraception referred...

Introduction and purpose: Aging is a natural an inevitable phenomenon of life. However, the elderly can maintain their physical and psychological health by taking appropriate nutritional behaviors throughout the life. One of the most complete hybrid models to study and identify behaviors for creating a new behavior in the community is BASNEF Model. Therefore, this study was conducted to identif...

Aim(s): Self-medication in diabetic patients will lead to severe fluctuations in their blood glucose levels, which can lead to early complications of diabetes in patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of educational intervention based on the BASNEF model on self-medication behaviors in patients with diabetes type 2. Materials & Methods: This semi-experimental study was c...

Introduction & Objective: One of the important problems in modern society is people's sedentary life style. The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with regular physical activity among college students based on BASNEF model. Materials & Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study carried out on 400 students in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. Based on the assignm...

Introduction: Regular physical activity has a positive effect on physical, mental, and social health aspects of students and society and presenting physical education course in universities plays an important role in achieving this goal. This study was performed with the aim to compare the effectiveness of two methods (Basnef and routine) of presenting physical education course on the attitude ...