Objective: Diabetes mellitus is a major health problem worldwide. The diabetes self-care behavior is an effective strategy to control diabetes. The study aimed to investigate the predictors of self-care behavior based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) among type 2 diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 390 diabetic patients referred to Hamadan D...

background: perceived self‑efficacy is a strong predictor for behavior. considering the importance of health‑promoting self‑care behaviors in increasing quality of life in the elderly, this study was aimed at defining the effect of nurse home visits on self‑care self‑efficacy of the elderly in rural areas. materials and methods: this is a pre and post quasi‑experimental study conducted on 33 ol...

objectives this study aimed to examine the effect of a hospital-based educational program based on the constructs of the health belief model (hbm) on self-care behaviors of patients with hf. methods this controlled quasi-experimental study consisted of 84 patients with hf (42 patients in an intervention group and 42 in a control group) who were admitted to two large, specialized, referral hospi...

This is a short commentary to the editorial issued by Marianna Fotaki, entitled: “Why and how is compassion necessary to provide good quality healthcare.” It introduces the necessity of a more cognitive approach to explore further the determinants of behavior towards compassionate care. It raises questions about the importance of training towards a more patient-care and values driven healthcare...

CHILD CARE PRACTICES ANTECEDING THREE PATTERNS OF PRESCHOOL BEHAVIOR. STUDIED SYSTEMATICALLY CHILD-REARING PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH COMPETENCE IN THE PRESCHOOL CHILD. 2015 American Psychological Association PDF documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader.Effects of Authoritative Parental Control on Child Behavior, Child. Child care practices anteceding three patterns of preschool behavior. Genetic....

Introduction: Nurses are an integral part of the health system and predicting their behavior in different situations is important for policymakers and managers of the health system. The present study was conducted to determine the efficiency of the theory of planned behavior in predicting the behavior of nurses in different situations. Methods: The current narrative review study was conducted ...

objective: oral health is one of the basic components of preschool children's health. young children completely depend on their parents, specially their mothers, to have an appropriate oral health. health belief model shows the relationship between some structures related to personal perceptions, barriers and perceived self-efficiency, and behavior. this study aims to determine the oral he...