BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Nutrition is a determinant factor of health in elderly people. Independent living in elderly people can be maintained or enhanced by improvement of nutritional behavior. Hence, the present study was conducted to determine the impact of Health Belief Model (HBM)-based intervention on the nutritional behavior of elderly women. SUBJECTS/METHODS Cluster-random sampling was u...

Although in Ghana information on HIV infection and prevention, both in terms of quality and quantity, has increased considerably within the past few years, available literature indicates that behaviour change is yet to correspond with the amount of information and education provided. The objective of this study is to examine factors that influence condom use among women in Ghana in the context ...

BACKGROUND Human biomonitoring (HBM) has rapidly gained importance. In some epidemiological studies, the measurement and use of biomarkers of exposure, susceptibility and disease have replaced traditional environmental indicators. While in HBM, ethical issues have mostly been addressed in terms of informed consent and confidentiality, this paper maps out a larger array of societal issues from a...

aims: drug users form the main hiv-affected group in iran. about two-third of all the individuals affected by hiv in iran are those who use drug through injection. the aim of this study is to determine the effect of health belief model (hbm) on prevention of hiv transmission among the opiate-dependent population in zarandieh. methods and materials: this is a quasi-experimental intervention stud...

The nanosecond transient response between a pin of a large-scale integrated circuit (LSI) held by a charged person and the ground plane showed a very sharp impulse and high peak current. This response could not be represented using the human body model (HBM), and it was caused by the parasitic capacity between an inner conductor in the LSI and the ground plane. However, the conventional HBM tes...

BACKGROUND Demographic, economic and behavioural factors are central features underpinning the successful management and biological control of dengue. This study aimed to examine these factors and their association with the seroprevalence of this disease. METHODOLOGY We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey of households in a 3 km radius of the schools where we had conducted serologica...

Background Recently, the prevalence of influenza threatening the society health; preventative strategies are effective method in reducing risk prevalence of influenza. The aim of this study was to determine the cognitive determinants of influenza preventive behaviors among high school students based on the Health Belief Model (HBM). Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study, conducted am...

The Web is an important health information dissemination channel. Potential benefits cannot materialize unless online health information services are accepted and used by consumers. This study develops a research model by integrating the health belief model (HBM) and extended valence framework to explain user acceptance (behavioral intentions). We collected data from a sample of 703 university ...

BACKGROUND Self-care is an essential element in treating a person with diabetes; and managing diabetes is of prime importance. The aim of this study was to investigate the predictors of adherence to self-care behavior among women with Type 2 diabetes. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 210 female patients aged 30 to 60. Data collection tool was an anonymous valid and reliable...

Combinig the harmonic balance method (HBM) and a continuation method is a well-known technique to follow the periodic solutions of dynamical systems when a control parameter is varied. However, since deriving the algebraic system containing the Fourier coefficients can be a highly cumbersome procedure, the classical HBM is often limited to polynomial (quadratic and cubic) nonlinearities and/or ...