background: this study evaluated the effect of an educational program on breast self-examination (bse) among women living in bandar abbas, iran. method: this trial studied 240 eligible women attending at eight health centers of bandar abbas who were randomly divided into intervention (n = 120) or control (n=120) group. data regarding belief on breast self examination were collected through the ...

background: dietary guidelines are considered as a useful tool for the promotion of healthy dietary behaviors. in iran, despite the development of the latest national food‑based dietary guidelines, in 2006, it has not been introduced at the community level yet. the present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention program to promote iran’s food‑based dietary guidelines (ifbdgs...

background: various studies show an association between lack of social skills in adolescents and the future incidence of behavioral disorders. if girls, as future mothers, lack adequate health, awareness, self confidence and social skills, they may act as a source of many social problems. therefore, the present study has tried to educate this group on one of the most essential social skills, re...

abstract background: osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease. the purpose of this study is to investigate the health belief model (hbm) and social cognitive theory (sct) for osteoporosis preventive nutritional behaviors in women. materials and methods: in this quasi‑experimental study, 120 patients who were women and registered under the health centers in fasa city, fars province...

background: drug addiction is known as a health, therapeutic, and social problem of the recent century. recent studies have shown that young people have little resistance against drugs, but they have the ability to understand and accept the risk of using drugs. this study has been done among students to determine the preventive behaviors of drug addiction based on the health belief model. metho...