background: patient safety is a serious global public health issue. estimates show that every day many patients are harmed while receiving hospital care. health care staff plays a key role in providing quality and safe patient care, especially physicians who are main members of the medical team and a critical element in patient safety efforts. objective: the current study used a theory of plann...

“If you wish to help a community improve its health, you must learn to think like the people of that community. Before asking a group of people to assume new health habits, it is wise to ascertain the existing habits, how these habits are linked to one another, what functions they perform, and what they mean to those who practice them” (Paul, 1955). People around the world have beliefs and beha...

http://www.iejhe.siu.edu Health Behavior Models Colleen A. Redding, PhD; Joseph S. Rossi, PhD; Susan R. Rossi, PhD; Wayne F. Velicer, PhD; James O. Prochaska, PhD Dr. Redding is an Assistant Research Professor at the Cancer Prevention Research Center (CPRC) at the University of Rhode Island. She received her doctorate in 1993 at the University of Rhode Island in clinical psychology. Her clinica...

A number of psychosocial theories has been developed to predict, explain, and change health behaviors. These theories can be divided into two main groups which are commonly referred to as social cognition models and stage models, respectively. The term `social cognition models' refers to a group of similar theories each of which specifies a small number of cognitive and affective factors (`beli...

diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease of lifelong duration and its management requires a fundamental change in patient’s lifestyle. the aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an interactive health education program on knowledge, behavior, hba1c and health-related quality of life (hrqol) of diabetic patients. eighty patients were randomly selected and assigned to two groups, 40 to the...

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...

a survey was made to identify the specific health behavior and its relation with certain demographic characteristics of hypertensive clients in health units operating under the supervision of oromieh university (west iran) in 1993 .   a total of 100 patients were selected from three main clinics at random .   the tool containing 42 items was developed to cover five areas :   - demographic data ...