Firoozeh Mostafavi Darani
Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
[ 1 ] - The Impact of Adolescent Friendships on Unhealthy Eating Behaviors of Overweight and Obese Adolescents: A Qualitative Study
Background: Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and become one the most important public health issues globally. One of the significant determinants of childhood obesity-related behaviors such as poor dietary habits relates to role of friends and peers. This study aimed toexplore the role of interaction within the social network of friends on unhealthy eating behaviors of overweigh…
[ 2 ] - Effects of the Educational Intervention on some Health Belief Model Constructs regarding the Prevention of Obesity in Students
Background Obesity causes depression and undermines mental health in adolescents. It is also related to adulthood diseases and mortality. The current study drew upon an educational intervention to modify some Health Belief Model constructs to preventing overweight and obesity among adolescents. Materials and Methods: In this quasi-experimental study 100 boy students recruited from selected boys j…
[ 3 ] - A Nutrition Education Intervention Trial for Adolescent Girls in Isfahan: Study Design and Protocol
BackgroundNutrition behaviors of adolescent girls is of serious health concerns. Although nutrition education interventions in Iran have met with some success, most of them could not promote nutrition behavioral changes. The aim of our study is to determine a school-based nutrition education intervention to improve adolescents’ nutrition behaviors and behavioral mediators based on the social cogn…
[ 4 ] - ارزیابی آموزش مبتنی بر تئوری بر مؤلفههای بهداشت روان در سالمندان
Background and Objectiv: The elderly are at risk of the negative effects of stress, anxiety and depression and all these factors must be identified; then the current survey was aimed to investigate the effect of theory-based education (Theory of Planned Behavior) on subscales of mental health of elders. Methods: In an experimental study, one hundred elders (50 allocated randomly to the interventi…
[ 5 ] - Health Literacy Status and Its Related Factors in the Elderlies in Dorood, Iran
Aims: Elderly people with low levels of health literacy, as one of the most at-risk groups, have some problems regarding the perception of information related to their health. This study was conducted with the aim of determining health literacy status in elderly population of Dorood, Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 220 elderly peopl…