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...

Background: Breast cancer is disease in which cells breast tissue change and divide uncontrolled, resultingin a lump or mass. This study aims to determine the efficacy of health belief model-based intervention inenhancing women’s screening behaviors.Method: A randomized controlled trial was conducted using Health Belief Model. The includeda systematic random sample 110 women. Women who age 22-6...

  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 healt...

Background: Research conducted on oil region workers has shown that numerous ranges of physical stressors together with behavioral patterns can affect the enhancement cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim this study was to investigate effects educational intervention promote preventive behaviors CVD using Health Belief Model (HBM). Methods: participant quasi-experimental included 228 (114 contr...

Introduction: The World Health Organization recognizes oral health as an integral part of public health and believes that untreated oral diseases may greatly affect the quality of life, especially in pregnant mothers who should maintain their health and their babies’ health. Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of educational intervention based on a health belief model on ora...

aims: drug users form the main hiv-affected group in iran. about two-third of all the individuals affected by hiv in iran are those who use drug through injection. the aim of this study is to determine the effect of health belief model (hbm) on prevention of hiv transmission among the opiate-dependent population in zarandieh. methods and materials: this is a quasi-experimental intervention stud...

Background: Adolescence is a critical stage of growth and development. That is associated with changes in body shape and appearance. Issues such as irregular menstrual periods, amenorrhea, and menstrual cycle are major issues in women's health. The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of physical puberty health based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) among female adolescents. ...

background: prostate cancer has been reported as the second leading cause of cancer death and the most common cancer diagnosed in men. since health belief model (hbm) has been intensively used for assessing health beliefs associated with cancer screening behaviors, we aimed to investigate the level of knowledge and health beliefs about prostate cancer screening among retired men. methods: in th...

Women with a family history of breast cancer (N=833) completed questionnaires that assessed the main constructs of the health belief model (HBM), self-efficacy, behavioral intention and past behavior in relation to breast self-examination (BSE). Regression analyses revealed that intentions to perform BSE were predicted by perceived benefits, perceived emotional barriers, perceived skill barrier...