a bstract background: during women lives, frequently face the challenge of calcium reduction and absorption. decreased calcium absorption followed by a decrease in estrogen at premenopausal ages, low average per capita calcium intake among women, wrong nutritional behavior, and household income reductions and make them more susceptible to osteoporosis and related complications. the aim of this ...

backgroundamong various food products, milk and dairy products are among the most basic nutrient foods. the consumption of milk and dairy products in iran is much lower than the global rate of per capita consumption. this study used health belief model to determine associated factors of milk consumption among 7-9th students.materials and methodsthis cross-sectional descriptive analytical study ...

background: the present study aimed to determine the association between constructs of the health belief model (hbm) (i.e. perceived susceptibility to smoking health-related problems, perceived barriers to non-smoking, perceived benefits of non-smoking, and perceived self-efficacy to non-smoking and cues to action of non-smoking) and cigarette smoking among male pre-university students. methods...

background hiv/aids is one of the major public health problems and a barrier to the progress of human civilization that is considered as a big concern for people all around the world. premarital sexual abstinence is introduced as the most effective way to avoid hiv/aids. this study aimed to determine associated factors in the preventing behaviors of hiv/aids among young people using the extende...

background: smoking among youths is a main public health concern, and detecting predictors of smoking is essential for designing preventive programs. any interventional program should plan with highlighting on behavioral change models and based on operative interventional program. so, this study aimed to investigate school-based smoking prevention programs for middle school students in nowshahr...

aim: investigating factors affecting the adoption of preventive behaviors in women with osteoporosis is necessary. this study aims at determining the preventive treatment of osteoporosis in women in fasa using the health belief model (hbm) during 2014. method: in this cross-sectional study, 401 women (aged 30-50 years) covered by the health centers in fasa city were randomly chosen. construct o...

background: cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the world and the most common cancer in developing countries. secondary prevention, achieved through pap smear testing, is the single most effective tool in reducing deaths due to cervical cancer. the aim of this study was to determine factors affecting the belief to obtain a regular pap smear test among women based on ...

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...

conclusions the current study showed the effectiveness of hbm in adoption of nutrition and walking behaviors as well as the increase of bone density to prevent osteoporosis. results immediately and six months after the intervention, a significant increase was found in the intervention group’s health beliefs, nutrition, and walking performances to prevent osteoporosis. six months after the inter...

background cigarette smoking is a common problem among teenagers. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking among teen boys in marivan city, based on health belief model. materials and methods a cluster randomized sample of 470 male students with16.2±2.5   from 6 secondary schools of marivan city- iran, completed a self-report and questionnaire consisting of hea...