Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Development and psychometric testing of the Adolescent Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire

. Parvaneh Taymoori; . Babak Moeini; . David Lubans; . Mitra Bharami

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 1-7

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Background: Lifestyle choices and individuals’ behaviors have the potential to influencehealth and improve the quality of life. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to developand ... Read More

Evaluation of self‑care practices and relative components among type 2 diabetic patients

. Azar Tol; . Davoud Shojaeezadeh; . Golamreza Sharifirad; . Ahmadali Eslami; . Mohamadreza Mohajeritehrani; . Abdolvahab Baghbanian

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 1-5

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Background: The purpose of this study was to assess self‑care practices and their relativecomponents among type 2 diabetic patients. We hypothesized that some sociodemographicand ... Read More Background: The purpose of this study was to assess self‑care practices and their relativecomponents among type 2 diabetic patients. We hypothesized that some sociodemographicand health‑related factors, high diabetes distress, and low self‑efficacy would be associatedwith poorer self‑care practices. Materials and Methods: A cross‑sectional study was conductedfor a period of 6 months in 2011. Study population was type 2 diabetic patients referring toOmolbanin center, an outpatient diabetic center in Isfahan. One hundred forty diabetic patientsmet the inclusion criteria and were all included in the study. Patients’ self‑care practices weremeasured by Summary of Diabetes Self‑care Activities (SDSCA) self‑report scale that includesitems on the following aspects of the diabetes regimen: General diet, specific diet, exercise,blood glucose testing, foot care, medications, and smoking. Diabetes distress measuredby Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) scale and Stanford diabetes self‑efficacy scale was usedfor scoring this issue. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS software version 11.5.Results: Participants were between the ages of 37 and 75 years, with a mean of 53.23 years(SD=7.82). Fifty‑four percent (n=76) were females; 97.1% were married (n=136), and 53.6%had education lower than diploma (n=75). Mean of duration of diabetes was 7.1 (SD=5.63)years. “Medications” subscale was considered as the most important one in measuringdiabetes self‑care practices (5.24 ± 2.38 days/week). Study findings revealed that general diethad significant relation with comorbidity, type of treatment, body mass index (BMI), fastingblood sugar (FBS), (Blood Sugar) (BS), waist circumference, diabetes distress, and self‑efficacy.Specific diet had significant relation with comorbidity, education, triglyceride (TG), diastolicblood pressure (DBP), and low density lipoprotein (LDL). Exercise showed significant relationwith history of diabetes, education, type of treatment, disease duration, TG, BMI, and BS. Also,blood glucose testing showed significant relation with disease duration, self‑efficacy, TG, DBP,BS, LDL, and high density lipoprotein (HDL). On the other hand, foot care was related to age,diabetes distress, TG, BMI, HDL, and diabetes complications. Medications subscale as themost important subscale of self‑care practices was relevant with age, disease duration, diabetescomplications, type of treatment, FBS, HDL, and self‑efficacy. The last subscale, smoking, hadsignificant relation with sex, diabetes complications, diabetes distress, self‑efficacy, TG, totalcholesterol, BS, and HDL. Conclusion: This information should be used in clinical practicewhen targeting and designing educational and care plan for patients with type 2 diabetes.

Factors associated with the fecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer screening based on health belief model structures in moderate risk individuals, Isfahan, 2011

. Seyed Homamodin Javadzade; . Firoozeh Mostafavi; . Akbar Hasanzade; . Mahnoosh Reisi; . Hossein Shahnazi; . Gholamreza Sharifirad

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 1-6

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Background: Colorectal cancer is one of the most important and most common cancers and thesecond leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.Every year, nearly 1million new cases of colorectalcancer ... Read More Background: Colorectal cancer is one of the most important and most common cancers and thesecond leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.Every year, nearly 1million new cases of colorectalcancer are recognized around the world and nearly half of them lose their lives due to the disease.Thestatistics reveal shocking incidence and mortality from colorectal cancer, therefore secondaryprevention of this cancer is important and research has shown that by early diagnosis 90% of patientscan be treated.Among the colorectal cancer screening tests, fecal occult blood test(FOBT)takes thepriority because of its convenience and also low cost. But due to various reasons, the participation ofpeople in this screening test is low. The goal of this study is to assess the factors that affect participationof population at average risk in colorectal cancer screening programs, based on health belief modelstructures. Materials and Methods: A cross‑sectional survey of 196 individuals, more than 50 yearsold, was conducted in Isfahan. Ninety‑eight people of the target group were selected from laboratorieswhile they came there for doing FOBT test; the method of sampling in this group was random sampling.The method of data collection in the other 98 individuals was by home interview and they were selectedby cluster sampling. The questionnaire used was based on health belief model to assess the factorsassociated with performing FOBT. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferentialstatistical methods. Results: The mean score of knowledge in the first group was 48/5 ± 11/7 and inthe second group was 36/5 ± 19/3. Individuals in the first group were more likely to be married, hadmore years of schooling, and better financial status. There were significant relationships betweenknowledge (P<0.001), perceived susceptibility (P<0.001), perceived severity (P<0.001), perceivedbarriers (P<0.001), and self‑efficacy (P<0.001) in the two groups. There was no significant associationbetween the perceived benefits in the two groups. Those people who have had FOBT test in lastyear in each group reported better score of Health Belief Model model structures. Conclusion:According to this study, it seems that there is an urgent need to pay more attention to this diseaseand its prevention through screening. With a better understanding of factors affecting the test, it canbe a useful step to reduce the rate of death and costs, and improve the community health outcomes.

Related factors to choose normal vaginal delivery by mothers based on Health Belief Model

. Mohammad Hossein Baghianimoghadam; . Razieh Zolghadar; . Behnam Baghiani Moghadam; . Maryam Darayi; . Fatemeh Jozy

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 1-4

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Background: Normal vaginal delivery (NVD) is the best method of delivery, but its rate isdecreasing. Results of many studies have shown that the risk of cesarean section (CS) for bothmother ... Read More

Comparison of growth and nutritional evolution stages in infants with working mothers and infants with housewife mothers in isfahan

. Behzad Shams; . Parasto Golshiri; . Azam Saleki; . MotaherehRabar Isfagani; . Arash Najimi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 1-5

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Background: Studies have shown that the growth status of the children with working mothersis about 2 standard deviations lower than that of the children of housewife mothers. It seemsthat ... Read More

The survey of nurse’s knowledge and attitude toward cancer pain management: Application of Health Belief Model

. Hossein Shahnazi; . Hamid Saryazdi; . Gholamreza Sharifirad; . Akbar Hasanzadeh; . Abdurrahman Charkazi; . Mitra Moodi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 1-4

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Background: Effective cancer pain management requires accurate knowledge, attitudes,and assessment skills. The purpose of this study was to obtain information about theknowledge and ... Read More

Effect of Health Belief Model based intervention on promoting nutritional behaviors about osteoporosis prevention among students of female middle schools in Isfahan, Iran

. Mohtasham Ghaffari; . Elaheh Tavassoli; . Ahmad Esmaillzadeh; . Akbar Hassanzadeh

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 1-4

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Background: Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder characterized by reduction ofone mass, deterioration of bone structure, increasing bone fragility, and increasing fracturerisk. ... Read More

Predicting mammography stage of adoption among Iranian women

. Parvaneh Taymoori; . Tanya Berry; . Fariba Farhadifar

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 1-8

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Objective: Despite evidence that screening for breast cancer is effective, adherence withscreening recommendations in Iranian women is low. The purposes of this study were to(1) identify ... Read More

The effects of suburban villages’ health volunteer plan on women’s health knowledge and attitude

. Mohammad Reza Miri; . Abas Ali Ramazani; . Mitra Moodi; . Kamal Mirkarimi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 1-5

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Background: To achieve stable social development, the cooperation of all members of acommunity is basically required. Providing and improving the health standard is one ofthe most fundamental ... Read More Background: To achieve stable social development, the cooperation of all members of acommunity is basically required. Providing and improving the health standard is one ofthe most fundamental dimensions of human social evolution. This is more essential thanthe other aspects of development (public cooperation demands) and health volunteersare the forerunners of this cooperation, who have voluntarily set about having the publicparticipate in providing and elevating the level of community health. The present studyaimed to determine the effect of implementing “the health communication plan” by healthvolunteers in suburban villages regarding the health knowledge and attitude of ruralwomen. Materials and Methods: In this quasi‑experimental study, knowledge and attitudeof 121 females (age 15–49 years), who were under the supervision of health centers infour suburban villages (the case group), before and after performing the health volunteerplan, were compared to those of 94 females (age 15–49 years) in another group of foursuburban villages (the control group) lacking health volunteers under the care service oftwo rural health centers. Data gathering instrument was questionnaires and interviews. Theobtained data were analyzed by SPSS (ver. 11.5) using statistical paired t‑test and Signtest. P≤0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: The study showed thatthe mean of rural women’s health knowledge and attitude had increased and there was asignificant difference between before intervention and after intervention values in the twogroups (P<0.001). Comparing the averages of the two groups also revealed a significantdifference (P<0.001). Conclusions: According to the findings and the positive effects ofperforming suburban health volunteer plan on the health knowledge and attitude of ruralwomen, it would therefore be important to suggest that suburban health volunteers arevery helpful and effective in improving the knowledge and attitude level of rural women.In brief; as a direct result of their health performance, performing the plan all over ruralhealth centers is recommended.

Effectiveness of breastfeeding education on the weight of child and self‑efficacy of mothers – 2011

. Gholamreza Shrifirad; . Aziz Kamran; . Seyed Kamal Mirkarimi; . Abbas Farahani

Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 1-5

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Background: Breastfeeding is the most natural and essential way for feeding newborn babies. Thisis an ideal approach for physical and emotional development of babies, as well as for ... Read More

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Volume & Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, July 2012

Development and psychometric testing of the Adolescent Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire

Abstract

Evaluation of self‑care practices and relative components among type 2 diabetic patients

Abstract

Factors associated with the fecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer screening based on health belief model structures in moderate risk individuals, Isfahan, 2011

Abstract

Related factors to choose normal vaginal delivery by mothers based on Health Belief Model

Abstract

Comparison of growth and nutritional evolution stages in infants with working mothers and infants with housewife mothers in isfahan

Abstract

The survey of nurse’s knowledge and attitude toward cancer pain management: Application of Health Belief Model

Abstract

Effect of Health Belief Model based intervention on promoting nutritional behaviors about osteoporosis prevention among students of female middle schools in Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Predicting mammography stage of adoption among Iranian women

Abstract

The effects of suburban villages’ health volunteer plan on women’s health knowledge and attitude

Abstract

Effectiveness of breastfeeding education on the weight of child and self‑efficacy of mothers – 2011

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