Health belief model The health belief model (HBM) is a cognition model, i.e. a model that emphasises the way an individual provides a rationale for their behaviour without particular reference to a social context. The HBM was conceived by Rosenstock (1966) and has undergone revision and development, primarily by Becker (1974). It has made an important contribution to the prediction of health Wh...

Purpose To assess ophthalmologists' preparedness in such a critical period the history of pandemics, logical socio-psychological framework assessment using health belief model (HBM) is essential to evaluate their risk perception, willingness actively participate engaging protective behavior and acknowledge its benefits, capability perform adequate successful methods for limiting spread coronavi...

background maturity and its related sexual and mental changes are one of the most important events in the life of every individual. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of puberty health education based on health belief model on health behaviors and preventive among students boy first secondary school in marivan city in 2015. materials and methods this research is an experiment...

conclusions the significant improvement in the experimental group’s mean knowledge, hbm structures , and behavior scores indicates the positive effect of the intervention. background using various models of behavior change, a number of studies in the area of nutrition education have confirmed that nutrition habits and behaviors can be improved. objectives this study sought to determine the effe...

background: regular physical activity (pa) has positive effects on physical, psychological and social health in the individual and the community. reduced pa is a major global problem that is increasing in prevalence every day. the present study aimed to determine the status of pa among adolescent girls and their perceptions of obesity prevention. materials and methods: the present descriptive-a...

background: osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease in postmenopausal women. it seems necessary to determine the factors affecting the adoption of preventive behaviors of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women using the patterns that identify the factors influencing behavior. objectives: to investigate preventive behaviors of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women in fasa, fars provi...

background: pregnancy is a unique experience for woman and her family. beside her body physiological changes in pregnancy influence emotion of pregnant woman. therefore, emotion of mother has changed which is result in anxiety feeling. according to unfavorable impact of anxiety on mother, fetus and outcome of pregnancy, this study designed to consider anxiety in nuliparous women based on hbm co...

Contact tracing apps (CTAs) have been introduced as a means to identify and isolate possible cases infected with COVID-19. Since the adoption rate determines effectiveness of CTAs, it is important examine what factors contribute higher CTA uptake. This study aimed use an integrative approach explain early adoption, whereby three perspectives are distinguished: technology-related (derived from U...