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...

background: breast cancer is the most frequently occurring cancer among women worldwide so that, if detected in early stages, it would be controllable. mammography is considered as the most exact means of detecting breast cancer in the earlier stages. this study evaluated and compared the effectiveness of three educational interventions on knowledge and health beliefs regarding breast cancer sc...

background : this study aimed to determine high-school students’ knowledge about the aids in ashkhane city, iran, using health belief model (hbm). methods: this cross-sectional study was done on 384 female high-school students in ashkhane city. data were collected using a multi-section questionnaire based on hbm constructs that its reliability and validity were approved. data were analyzed usin...

objective: diabetes mellitus is one of the most common medical problems worldwide. approximately 18% of persons over 65 years old are diabetic. who estimates that the prevalence rate of diabetes (4% in 1995) will increase to 5.6% in 2025. diabetic foot problems are potentially the most preventable long–term complication for diabetes. the purpose of this study was to test the utility of the heal...

abstract background: beginning and continuing pregnancy with obesity and being overweight has some known side effects for the mother and the fetus. preventing these complications requires medical interventions before pregnancy. because designing health improvement interventions requires understanding of the related factors of the behavior, the aim of this study was to determine the relation bet...

abstract background: healthy behaviors in alzheimer prevention among at risk are very important. this study aimed to assess the effect of educational program based on health belief model on adopting preventive behaviors in alzheimer among elders under covering ardebil health care setting. methods: this was a quasi-experimental study which was conducted in 2013 among 148 elders who divided into ...