background and aims : the harms resulted from home injuries are a major factor in child mortality. the current study aims to evaluate the factors associated with the knowledge and performance level of mothers in terms of adopting preventive behaviors to avoid home injuries. materials and methods : the target population of this descriptive - analytical study is all mothers of preschool children ...

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...

background: the belief, attitude, subjective norm, enabling factors (basnef) model is one of the most complete models for evaluating behaviors and creating new behaviors. therefore, this research was designed and performed to describe factors related to cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) preventive behaviors on the basis of the basnef model in endemic areas of yazd, iran. methods: in this cross-secti...

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background: influenza a (h1n1) pandemic is recently threatening the health of world's population. non-pharmaceutical measures are important to prevent the spread of influenza a (h1n1) and to prevent a pandemic. effective influenza pandemic management requires understanding of the factors influencing preventive behavioral changes. this study determined the status of preventive behaviors regardin...

background: drug abuse is now‑a‑days one of the gravest social harms. recent years have experienced a drastic rise in drug abuse among school and university students. thus, the need for special attention to the issue is deemed important. the present study was conducted with the aim of assessing the impact of life skills training on promotion of drug abuse preventive behaviors. methods: this fie...

abstract background: malaria is one of the most serious diseases in pregnant women as well as children less than 5 years around the world. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of health education based on the protection motivation theory on malaria preventive behaviors in the households of ghale ganj, kerman, iran in 2011. methods: the present quasi‑experimental study was conducted...

background: drug users (opiate dependency) account for about 65% of all aids cases in iran. drug injection has been identified as the most common way of hiv transmission in these patients. this study aimed to determine self-efficacy, and perceived benefits / barriers of aids preventive behaviors in opiate dependency. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in 2009.the study population wa...

years of age worldwide (39%). also in iran it is the cause of 45% of deaths. cardiovascular diseases place a huge social, economic and health burden on the society. patients suffer from this disease when they are at their highest social and economic productivity. the risk of this disease is related to modifiable factors such as smoking and high blood pressure, and also non-modifiable factors su...