heart failure (hf) is a condition due to a problem with the structure or function of the heart impairs its ability to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the body's needs. in developing countries, around 2% of adults suffer from heart failure, but in people over the age of 65, this rate increases to 6-10%. in iran, around 3.3% of adults suffer from heart failure. the health belief model (hbm) ...

objective: diabetes mellitus is a major health problem worldwide. the diabetes self-care behavior is an effective strategy to control diabetes. the study aimed to investigate the predictors of self-care behavior based on the health belief model (hbm) among type 2 diabetic patients. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 390 diabetic patients referred to hamadan dia...

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...

abstract background: according to the un, and iran's annual report on global disaster, not only ranked among the world's countries in catastrophe risk , but ranks first of highest number death cases after occurrence earthquake. this study designed the impact of effect educational program on safety behavior of primary school students for earthquake according precede model in ahvaz city...

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...