background : lack of physical activity is the fourth common cause of human death. given the increased rate of sedentary life style among employees, the aim of this study was to evaluate physical activity status of governmental employees in changing stage based on the transtheoretical model (ttm) in hamadan, iran, in 2014. methods: this descriptive-analytical study was performed on 1200 governme...

background: promoting physical activity is one of the most effective strategies for reducing the risk of some chronic and non-communicable diseases. one of the theoretical approaches to the promotion of physical activity is the transtheoretical model. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of transtheoretical model-based education on promoting physical activity among employees of abu...

background: educational interventions to promote physical activity are one of the health priorities. a theoretical approach to promote and maintain physical activity is the transtheoretical model (ttm). this research was conducted to determine the effects of this model on students' physical activity habits in 2011. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 200 students in two grou...

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...

conclusions the study found an association between the stages of change model and obesity control. results the findings indicated a statistical difference in scores of body mass index, self-efficacy scale, and health promotion lifestyle profile between the intervention and control group. patients and methods the student participants were randomly assigned to the intervention (n = 52) and contro...

OF THESIS THE CUES TO BEHAVIOR CHANGE MODEL: INTEGRATION OF THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL AND THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL Strategic health communication can have a profound effect on interventions designed for changing unhealthy behaviors. Strategic health communication, in the form of cues to action, when combined with the Stages of Change from the Transtheoretical Model and perceived susceptibility,...

BACKGROUND The transtheoretical model has been successful in promoting health behavior change in general and clinical populations. However, there is little knowledge about the application of the transtheoretical model to explain physical activity behavior in individuals with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. The aim was to examine patterns of (1) physical activity and (2) mediators of behavio...