Background and Objectives: Increasing physical activity, as a health issue, especially among girls, is one of the recommendations of the World Health Organization for the osteoporosis prevention. The present study  was designed and implemented with the aim of determining the causes of physical activity among students regarding osteoporosis based on health belief model (HBM). Materials and Meth...

Background & Aims: Sedentary lifestyle is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. More than %80 of adolescents and young people, especially young girls, worldwide do not have enough physical activity. The present study was designed to determine the effect of education based on health belief model on high-risk sedentary physical activity in female students. Methods & Materials: In this ran...

Background and objectives: Osteoporosis, a current silent epidemic, is of high importance due to its high prevalence and complications among women. It is a preventable disease whose high-risk population includes young girls. This study investigated the impacts of a health belief model-based education program about osteoporosis prevention on physical activity of junior high school students in in...

Background and Objectives: While all students are vulnerable to injuries, such vulnerability may even be higher in the deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Therefore, this study evaluated a health belief model-based educational program to prevent school injuries among deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students.  Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on al...

Background and purpose: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the new corona virus. The disease has led to high death toll and extensive damage throughout the world. The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of COVID-19 preventive behaviors in Iranian population based on the Health Belief Model. Materials and methods: A descriptive-analytical cross-secti...

  Background &Aim : The elderly population is increasing day by day. So it is essential to attend to the health status of this age group for their health promotion and disease prevention. Accordingly having a clear definition of health concept in aged people is necessary.   Material &Methods : In this study, a comprehensive and in-depth narrative review was carried out by searching the data bas...

Background and aim : Professional nursing is a high risk of developing varicose leg. Threfore the aim of this study was to determine the effect of education based on health belief model on preventive behaviors of Varicose vein in nurses. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study that was carried out on 100 nurses were selected and divided randomly into two case and control groups. Participan...