Journal of Education and Health Promotion

The effect of educational intervention based on the self‑efficacy theory of high school students in adopting preventive behaviors of COVID‑19

. Zahra Rezaie; . Vahid Kohpeima Jahromi; . Vahid Rahmanian; . Nader Sharifi

Volume 12, Issue 10 , November 2022, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: The COVID‑19 pandemic has become a major problem for education systems. Thisstudy was conducted to investigate the effect of educational intervention based on the self‑efficacytheory ... Read More

Factors associated with preventive behaviors of COVID‑19 among children with congenital heart disease: Application of protection motivation theory

. Zohreh Sadat Navabi; . Alireza Ahmadi; . Mohammad Reza Sabri; . Fahimeh Bagheri Kholenjani; . Mehdi Ghaderian; . Bahar Dehghan; . Chehreh Mahdavi

Volume 12, Issue 9 , October 2022, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the underlying medical conditions thatput children at increased risk for coronavirus. This study aimed to predict preventive behaviors ... Read More

Determining the status of preconception care model in pregnant woman of Gorgan city (North of Iran) using structural equation modeling (SEM)

. Narjes Sadat Borghei; . Tayebeh Ebady; . Roghaieh Bayrami; . Roya Nikbakht

Volume 12, Issue 6 , July 2022, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Preconception reduces unplanned pregnancies and plays an important role in reducing maternal and infant mortality. Considering the importance of these care services, ... Read More

Marketing training strategies that pharmaceutical sales managers use to reduce unethical behavior

. Aseel Bin Sawad; . Kate Andrews

Volume 12, Issue 5 , June 2022, , Pages 1-11

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BACKGROUND: Some pharmaceutical company sales representatives are using bribes to encourageincreasing medication prescriptions. In 2012, GlaxoSmithKline paid $3 billion on a felony ... Read More

Risk Perception in the COVID‑19 pandemic; a health promotion approach

. Maryam Feiz Arefi; . Amin Pouya Babaei; . Somaye Barzanouni; . Sahar Ebrahimi; . Amir Reza Salehi; . Farahnaz Khajehnasiri; . Mohsen Poursadeghian

Volume 12, Issue 4 , April 2022, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Many measures have been taken so far to minimize the outbreak of COVID‑19, but it is still unclear to what extent people have understood the risk. Public participation ... Read More BACKGROUND: Many measures have been taken so far to minimize the outbreak of COVID‑19, but it is still unclear to what extent people have understood the risk. Public participation plays a vital role in better and effective control of the coronavirus, and the importance of risk perception is effective in their preventive behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the pandemic risk perception of coronavirus disease after began of pandemic in Iranian society.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study was conducted in Iran in spring 2020. The data collection tool was a researcher‑made questionnaire. The questions were extracted through interviews with experts and summarizing the opinions of public interviews, etc., The questionnaire was made available to the public through social media. The information was collected within 3 months. Quantitative data were reported as mean ± standard deviation and the qualitative data were reported as number and percent. Multiple linear regression and cross were also used to examine the demographic factors associated with risk perception. Data Analysis was performed using the SPSS version 21 statistical software.RESULTS: In this study, 402 individuals from 28 provinces (Azarbaijan Gharbi, Azarbaijan Sharghi, Alborz, Ardabil, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Esfahan, Fars, Ghazvin, Gilan, Golestan, Hamedan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorasan Razavi, Khorasan Shomali, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad, Kurdistan, Lorestan, Mazandaran, Semnan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Tehran, Yazd, and Zanjan) of Iran participated. The risk perception score obtained from the sum of the scores of the questions was classified into quartiles. Accordingly, the risk perception score of (22.9) 92 people was very low, (26.6) 107 people low, (26.9) 108 people moderate, and (23.6) 95 people high. The results of multiple linear regression showed that the variables of gender (P = 0.008) and occupation (P = 0.013) had a significant relationship with risk perception. There was no significant relationship between risk perception and variables of age, marital status, and level of education (P > 0.05).CONCLUSION: The study showed that the risk perception of the people is more in categories of moderate to high. Assessing the risk perception of a pandemic can be helpful for preventive measurements and planning, and also, according to the results of the research, can be done appropriate educational interventions. Given that 47.5% of respondents were employees, of course, it should be noted that in sending a questionnaire virtually, there is usually a lot of loss and this is a limitation of the research. The results of this study can be useful in making prevention decisions and maintaining safety and health in the workplace.

Lifestyle factors influencing medical and nursing student’s health status at the rural health‑care institute

. Ravi Shekhar; . Nidhi Prasad; . Tulika Singh

Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) may be influenced by lifestyle behavior,acquired during transition in student life at university. Health is a major concern globally. Thedeveloping ... Read More BACKGROUND: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) may be influenced by lifestyle behavior,acquired during transition in student life at university. Health is a major concern globally. Thedeveloping counties are facing a double burden of disease, both communicable and NCD. Thisstudy is aimed to assess the lifestyle and its associated factors that can affect the health status ofmedical and nursing students.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community‑based cross‑sectional study was conducted amongmedical and nursing students of Sasaram, Bihar, by universal sampling. The study populationconsisted of 303 medical and 233 nursing students. The 536 students in the study, included 195from rural areas and 341 from urban areas. Simple Lifestyle Indicator Questionnaire was used andChi‑square statistics was computed to determine the association of demographic variables withlifestyle behavior using Epi InfoTM 7 analysis software.RESULTS: Mean age and body mass index were 21 ± 2.59 years and 22.12 ± 3.77, respectively.After statistical analysis utilizing the Chi‑square test, it was shown that the difference was found tobe nonsignificant (P > 0.05) in all the following variables, such as gender, age, marital status exceptin designation, and alcohol and tobacco intake which showed the difference to be highly significant.CONCLUSIONS: The maximum number of students in the study population showed intermediatehealthy lifestyle (57.1%), despite being the upcoming health‑care providers of future. Fruits wererarely present in diet in 82%, no physical activity in 21.2%, and tobacco and alcohol were consumedby 11.7% and 13%, respectively. Targeted intervention for healthy diet, physical activity, stress,tobacco, and alcohol reduction can lead to healthy lifestyle. Independence and autonomy gained inthe transition phase in student life needs guided supervision to raise responsible adults. It may helpto assist or to plan accordingly in future to improve lifestyle of the students.

Designing an educational campaign intervention on smoking preventive behaviors in students: A protocol

. Seyed Saeed Mazloomy Mahmoodabad,; . Salime Zare Abdollahi; . Mohammad Hasan Lotfi

Volume 11, Issue 9 , October 2021, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: Todays, human lifestyle has faced significant changes, and this lifestyle hascaused health problems. The increase of smoking, among young people, is one of the risk factorsand ... Read More

The knowledge of COVID‑19 treatments, behaviors, and attitudes of providing the information on COVID‑19 treatments: Perspectives of pharmacy students

. Dyah Aryani Perwitasari; . Imaniar Noor Faridah; . Haafizah Dania; . Lolita Lolita; . Lalu Muhammad Irham; . Muthia Dewi Marthilia Alim; . Maratun Shoaliha; . Mochammad Junaidy Heriyanto

Volume 11, Issue 5 , June 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Increasing community awareness about the transmission and treatment ofCOVID‑19 will stop the spread of the virus. Pharmacy students are the potential facilitator to givecommunity ... Read More BACKGROUND: Increasing community awareness about the transmission and treatment ofCOVID‑19 will stop the spread of the virus. Pharmacy students are the potential facilitator to givecommunity education about COVID‑19 treatment. The objective of this study is to evaluate thepharmacy students’ knowledge of COVID‑19 treatment, behavior, and attitude of providing theinformation about COVID‑19 treatment.MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted cross‑sectional study, recruiting 429 pharmacystudents from three schools of pharmacy in Indonesia. The questionnaire about the knowledge ofCOVID‑19 treatment, behavior, and attitude of providing the information on COVID‑19 treatment metthe validity and reliability criteria. We defined the proportion of knowledge, behavior, and attitude ofthe students using SPSS® version 22.RESULTS: Most of the students are in the earlier years (46.63%), female (84.15%), find the informationabout COVID‑19 from many sources of media (85.08%) including scientific articles and knowinformation about COVID‑19 transmission around their life area (76.46%). The students’ knowledgeabout antiviral and plasma convalescent is good (>70%), the positive behaviors are related to theCOVID‑19 treatment information regarding to the antiviral and the provision of Vitamin C (>50%), andthe positive attitude are related to giving information about the use of avigan®, plasma convalescent,chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, and immunomodulator (>50%).CONCLUSIONS: As a future pharmacist, the knowledge of pharmacy students about COVID‑19treatment needs to be improved since earlier years. Furthermore, using the good knowledge aboutCOVID‑19 treatment, the positive behavior and attitude of providing information of the students, thecommunity behavior and attitude will be improved. The high year students have a tendency for thegood knowledge and positive behavior and attitude of providing the information.

Predictability of constructs of theory of planned behavior in adopting urinary tract infection prevention behaviors among pregnant women

. Sheida Moradpour; . Hossein Shahnazi; . Akbar Hassanzadeh

Volume 11, Issue 5 , June 2021, , Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection is a common infection in women during pregnancy, leading tomany complications for both mother and fetus if untreated. The present study aimed to ... Read More

Knowledge, skill, and preventive behaviors regarding COVID‑19 among the public in Shahrekord of Iran

. Elahe Tavassoli; . Fatemeh Baghernezhad Hesary

Volume 11, Issue 4 , May 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: COVID‑19 is a serious and costly problem for communities. Observing healthissues and performing preventive behaviors is influenced by their knowledge and skills of peopletoward ... Read More

Application of health belief model to predict COVID‑19‑preventive behaviors among a sample of Iranian adult population

. Amin Mirzaei; . Farogh Kazembeigi; . Hojatollah Kakaei; . Mohsen Jalilian; . Sajad Mazloomi; . Heshmatollah Nourmoradi

Volume 11, Issue 2 , February 2021, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus (COVID‑19) has infected nearly 9.5 million people in 216countries, areas, or territories in the world. The fight against the COVID‑19 has become ... Read More BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus (COVID‑19) has infected nearly 9.5 million people in 216countries, areas, or territories in the world. The fight against the COVID‑19 has become a very seriousinternational challenge. The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of COVID‑19‑preventivebehaviors using the health belief model (HBM).MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study was conducted with the participation of558 samples from the adult population of Iran. The online convenience sampling was conductedin this research. The online 68‑item questionnaire link was published all over Iran through socialnetworks including Telegram and WhatsApp, which are common in Iran. The data were analyzedusing SPSS software version 19. Descriptive statistics, bivariate Pearson’s correlation test, andmultiple linear regression were used to analyze the data.RESULTS: The mean age of the subjects was 33.3 ± 10.01 years. The participants were oftenfemale (61.3%), married (57.9%), and resident of the city (81.0%) with university educationallevel (78.8%). The results showed that the HBM structures predicted 29.3% of the preventivebehaviors of COVID‑19 in the subjects. The perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and self‑efficacysignificantly predicted the preventive behaviors, but the perceived susceptibility and perceivedseverity were not significant in the regression model. The internet and virtual social networks (49.8%),broadcast (33.5%), and healthcare providers (15.8%) were the most important sources of informationrelated with COVID‑19. In response to COVID‑19‑related internal cues to action, 36.6% did notpay attention and 34.7% tried to self‑medicate. Only 28.5% of the subjects referred to the hospital,healthcare center, or physician.CONCLUSION: Self‑efficacy, perceived barriers, and perceived benefits were the key determinantsof COVID‑19‑preventive behaviors in the subjects. It can be concluded that the HBM is a good toolto predict COVID‑19‑preventive behaviors in Iranian population.

Effect of health literacy among students on the adoption of osteoporosispreventive behaviors in Iran

. Rahman Panahi; . Leili Yekefallah; . Mahya Shafaei; . Leila Dehghankar; . Mohamad Anbari; . Narges Hosseini; . Elham Hasannia

Volume 10, Issue 7 , July 2020, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: In chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, understanding the factors that improveprevention, such as health literacy (HL), is essential in reducing the incidence of these ... Read More

Behavioral determinants of brucellosis incidence among stockbreeders and their family members in rural area based on PRECEDE model

. Hadi Alizadeh-Siuki; . Hadi Tehrani; . Mehdi Gholian-Aval; . Hossein Ebrahimipour; . Mohammad Vahedian-Shahroodi

Volume 10, Issue 7 , July 2020, , Pages 1-9

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INTRODUCTION: Brucellosis is one of the common diseases between humans and animals. Thepurpose of this study was to investigate behavioral determinants of brucellosis incidence amongstockbreeders ... Read More INTRODUCTION: Brucellosis is one of the common diseases between humans and animals. Thepurpose of this study was to investigate behavioral determinants of brucellosis incidence amongstockbreeders and their family members in a rural area based on the PRECEDE model.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 540 stockbreedersand their family members in Northeastern Iran in 2019. Sampling was done in two stages includingstratified sampling and random sampling method. Data collection was conducted by a valid andreliable questionnaire developed based on the PRECEDE model. Data were analyzed using SPSS16through Pearson correlation coefficient, independent t-test, and ANOVA. Furthermore IBM SPSSAMOS version 20 was used for the path analysis.RESULTS: The mean age of the participants was 39.02 ± 16.41 years, of whom 53.1% and 46.9%were men and women, respectively. About 23.9% of the participants had a history of brucellosis intheir families. Enabling factors were the most important determinant of self-efficacy and self-efficacywas the most important determinants of behavior. Evaluation of the chi-square indicators, chi-squareratio to degree of freedom, root mean square error of approximation, adjusted goodness of fit index,parsimony comparative fit index, comparative fit index, incremental fit index, and parsimonious normedfit index indices indicated that the model was well fitted and there was a positive and significantrelationship between the predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors on the one hand and behavioron the other. chi-square indicators, chi-square ratio to degree of freedom, root mean square errorof approximation, adjusted goodness of fit index, parsimony comparative fit index, comparative fitindex, incremental fit index, and parsimonious normed fit indexCONCLUSION: Designing and implementing health plans based on the PRECEDE model with moreemphasis on self-efficacy as the most important behavioral determinants can bring about a positiveeffect on enhancing the brucellosis preventing behaviors.

The effects of an educational program based on the health belief model on information‑motivation‑skill‑behavioral skills among women living with human immunodeficiency virus

. Zahra Bayat Jozani; . Minoo Mohraz; . Mostafa Qorbani; . Touran Bahrami Babaheidari; . Zohreh Mahmoodi

Volume 9, Issue 12 , December 2019, , Pages 1-9

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BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a kind of behavioral disease in thatadopting behavioral changes is the only way to control and stop the epidemic. The aim of this studyis ... Read More

Effect of educational intervention on physical activityrelated knowledge, attitude and behavior of among first-grade students of male high schools

. Mohtasham Ghaffari; . Gholamreza Sharifirad; . Esmaeil Malekmakan; . Akbar Hassanzadeh

Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2013, , Pages 1-8

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Introduction: Regular physical activity has positive effects on physical, mental and socialaspects of individual and community health. Considering the prevalence of noncommunicablediseases ... Read More Introduction: Regular physical activity has positive effects on physical, mental and socialaspects of individual and community health. Considering the prevalence of noncommunicablediseases such as primary hypertension, osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases for whichsedentary lifestyle is a responsible factor, health policy makers have planned to encouragepeople to do more physical activities. Development of beneficial health habits during childhoodand early adolescence are very important because the behaviors, which start at adolescencetend to continue into adulthood, too. This study aimed to determine the effect of educationalintervention on physical activity-related knowledge, attitude and behavior of the first gradestudents in male high schools of Bavanat in 2010. Materials and Methods: In this prospectiveexperimental study, after selecting two qualified schools from five high schools, all students ofone school (two classes including 42 individuals) were randomly assigned to the experimentalgroup and all the students of another high school (two classes including 43 individuals) wererandomly assigned to the control group. The data gathering tool was a 4-section questionnairewhich included demographic questions, knowledge- and attitude-related questions and thequestionnaire of physical activity performance. The first three sections of the questionnairewere the researcher-designed and validated by face and content validity. Test-retest and internalconsistency (Cronbach’s Alpha) methods were used to determine the reliability of knowledgequestionnaire and attitude questionnaire, respectively. For the measurement of physical activitybehavior, a self-reporting questionnaire (valid and reliable Garcia scale) was used in this study.After conducting the pretest, the educational intervention was done for the experimental group.Post-tests were conducted immediately and 1 month after intervention. The collected data wereanalyzed using SPSS18 statistical software (independent t-test, paired t-test, chi-square, MannWhitney test and repeated measures ANOVA). The participants voluntarily and consciouslyparticipated in this study. Results: The findings indicated no significant differences between thegroups in terms of mean scores of knowledge(P = 0.934), attitude (P = 0.155) and behavior(P = 0.387) before the intervention. Therewas a significant difference between meanscores of knowledge in the immediatefollow-up (P< 0.001) and 1 month afterintervention follow-up (P < 0.001), and alsobetween mean scores of attitude immediately(P < 0.001) and 1 month after intervention(P = 0.01) follow-ups in the experimentalgroup compared with the control one. Meanscores of physical activity 1 month after theintervention in both experimental and control groups significantly increased (P < 0.001, P = 0.01, respectively), but the mean scores ofphysical activity between two groups were not significantly different (P = 0.390). Discussion andConclusion: The results indicated the effectiveness of educational intervention, consequentlyincreased knowledge and improved attitude of students, in the experimental group comparedwith the control one in terms of physical activities; thus, physical activity behavior of interventiongroup increased. Although the mean scores of physical activity in the control group significantlyincreased, other studies should be done which can control and consider confounding variables.

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