Journal of Education and Health Promotion

The use of medicinal plants in the prevention of COVID‑19 using the Health Belief Model: A survey based on the Iranian population

. Masoomeh Latifi; . Fatemeh Maraki; . Mohammad‑Javad Parvaresh; . Mohammadreza Zarei; . Leili Allabakhshian

Volume 13, Issue 2 , February 2023, , Pages 1-9

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BACKGROUND: Because of the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19), the preventivemeasures have increased, such as focusing on the use of medicinal plants in most communities,including ... Read More BACKGROUND: Because of the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19), the preventivemeasures have increased, such as focusing on the use of medicinal plants in most communities,including Iran. The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge, attitude, and performance ofindividuals toward the use of medicinal plants and to identify the predictors of the use of medicinalplants in the prevention of COVID‑19.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive‑analytical study (February–April 2021) was performedon 3840 Iranian men and women aged 20–70 years selected as a multi‑stage cluster study. At thefirst stage, all provinces were divided into five regions: North, South, East, West, and Center. In thesecond stage, a provincial center and a city were randomly selected from each region (North: Sari,Babol; South: Bushehr, Bandar Genaveh; East: Mashhad, Sabzevar; West: Hamedan, Toisarkan;Center: Yazd, Ardakan). Data were collected by a researcher‑made scale based on the HealthBelief Model (HBM). Data analysis was performed applying Pearson correlation coefficient, logisticregression, and linear regression.RESULTS: The results showed that people have relatively high knowledge and positive attitude towardthe use of medicinal plants in prevention of COVID‑19. The most important reason for positive attitudewas the perceived benefits with the mean of 75.06%. Also, half of the people had poor performance.Correlation coefficient showed that the use of medicinal plants with perceived sensitivity (p = 0.000,r = 0.3), perceived benefits (p = 0.012, r = 0.126), perceived barriers (p = 0.000, r = 0.179), andperceived self‑efficacy (p = 0.000, r = 0.305) had a significant correlation. The strongest correlationbetween perceived self‑efficacy was observed with the use of herbs in prevention of COVID‑19. TheHBM constructs can predict 26% of the variance for the use of medicinal plants in the preventionof COVID‑19, among which perceived self‑efficacy (β = 0.230) was the most powerful predictor.CONCLUSION: Based on the results, the predictive role of self‑efficacy constructs for the use ofmedicinal plants in prevention of COVID‑19 has been confirmed according to the HBM. Therefore,methods of increasing self‑efficacy such as training programs and providing appropriate interventionmodels can be used not only as promoters of using medicinal plants in prevention of COVID‑19 butalso for improving people’s performance in the proper use of medicinal plants.

Effective characteristics on designing the information system of medicinal plants from users’ perspective

. Masoomeh Latifi; . Sohrab Salimi; . Nader Alishan Karami; . Nasrin Davari Dolatabadi; . Leili Allahbakhshian Farsani

Volume 10, Issue 9 , September 2020, , Pages 1-9

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BACKGROUND: Designing information systems will increase the efficiency and effectiveness ofthe system according to the information needs of the stakeholders. The present study examined ... Read More

Using information sources by breast cancer women treated with mastectomy

. Masoomeh Latifi; . Hatav Ghasemi Tehrani; . Nader Alishan Karami; . Nilofar Barahmand; . Leili Allahbakhshian Farsani

Volume 9, Issue 3 , March 2019, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Awareness of sources of information of mastectomy patients has an important rolein accessibility of reliable health information sources, thus, when they get information, ... Read More

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The use of medicinal plants in the prevention of COVID‑19 using the Health Belief Model: A survey based on the Iranian population

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Effective characteristics on designing the information system of medicinal plants from users’ perspective

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Using information sources by breast cancer women treated with mastectomy

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