Mousa Mahdizadeh; Mehrosaadat Mahdizadeh; Noshin Peyman
Volume 21, Issue 1 , March and April 2015, , Pages 164-174
Abstract
Background & objective: adolescence is one of the most valuable periodin life which is foundation of the next stage.Adolescents’sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy eating behaviors threat the present and future life in this age group. The aim of this study was to evaluate healthy lifestyle education ...
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Background & objective: adolescence is one of the most valuable periodin life which is foundation of the next stage.Adolescents’sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy eating behaviors threat the present and future life in this age group. The aim of this study was to evaluate healthy lifestyle education based on health belief model among adolescents.
Materials and methods: this interventional study was conducted on 113studentswho were selected from two schools in an educational district in Mashhadand viathe cluster sampling method. They were divided intoa case group(56) and a control one(57). datawere gathered using demographic, knowledge and performance questionnaires and also the health belief model constructs. The reliability of the questionnaires was determined by test- retest and alpha. Educational program based on health belief model was designed and implemented in four 50-minute sessions. Thedata were analyzed using SPSS software(11.5).
Results: There was observed a significant difference between after and before intervention in meanscores of knowledge (P=0.033), Performance (P=0.001) and also physical activity, puberty health, structures of health belief model include sensitive (P=0.013), intensity (P=0.008) and efficacy, perceived benefits (P0.001) and perceived barriers (P=0.001) while, there was no significant difference in the case group.
Conclusion: Health education programs which are based on health belief modelcan be effective in promoting health awareness, perceptions of cognitive and healthy lifestyle behaviors in adolescents.
Sahar Sabooteh; Hossein Shahnazi; Gholamreza Sharifi rad; Akbar Hasanzadeh
Volume 21, Issue 5 , September and October 2014, , Pages 719-734
Abstract
Background and purpose: According to investigations, not considering the side effects of anxiety on a fetus, baby and pregnancy outcomes, as a result of lack of proper training and adequate information in terms of pregnancy common cares, pregnant women hypothesize anxiety as a common sense that will ...
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Background and purpose: According to investigations, not considering the side effects of anxiety on a fetus, baby and pregnancy outcomes, as a result of lack of proper training and adequate information in terms of pregnancy common cares, pregnant women hypothesize anxiety as a common sense that will be improved spontaneously. So present study was aimed at evaluating effectiveness of education on anxiety among primiparous women based on Health Belief Model (HBM).
Materials and Methods: An experimental (interventional) study matched with two randomized group. using pre-test and post-test on the 88 eligible primiparous women(n = 44 per group) was performed. Data were gathered by using a researcher made questionnaire that its validity and reliability were confirmed. Education was conducted in three sessions (1hour for each one) tailored with HBM constructs, using lectures, group discussions, inquiries, PowerPoints and booklets. Evaluation was included implementing post-test, 4 and 8 weeks after last education session. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS (ver.20) software, using fallowing methods: statistical test including Chi-square, Independent T-test and repeated measure one way analysis of variance (ANOVA), significant level was taken less than 0.05.
Results: The achieved results indicate that the averages of age, education, job status and income were not significantly different for both groups (p>0.05).In our study, the mean scores of knowledge, perceived sensitivity, perceived severity, perceived benefits and barriers, cues to action, self-efficacy and individuals performance, 4 weeks after intervention (p