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Abbaspour M, Mazloomy S S, Sharifzadeh G, Javadifar E, Kardan M. The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention Based on the Health Belief Model in Preventing High-Risk Behaviors Among Pregnant Women. Mod Care J 2016; 13 (4)
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Moosa Abbaspour *1 
, Seyed Saeid Mazloomy2 , Gholamreza Sharifzadeh3 , Effat Javadifar4 , Mozhgan Kardan5
, Seyed Saeid Mazloomy2 , Gholamreza Sharifzadeh3 , Effat Javadifar4 , Mozhgan Kardan5
1- Moosa Abbaspour, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. Tel: +98-9153623662, Fax: +98-5632663530, E-mail: abaspour1349@gmail.com
2- Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
3- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
4- Midwife, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
5- Nurse, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
2- Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
3- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
4- Midwife, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
5- Nurse, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
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Background: Pregnancy and delivery are among the leading causes of mortality, morbidity, and disability worldwide. This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of an educational intervention based on the health belief model in preventing high-risk behaviors among pregnant women. Methods: This randomized controlled field trial was done in 2015 on 88 pregnant women who referred to two main healthcare centers in Sarbisheh, Iran. Women were purposively recruited and randomly allocated to an intervention and a control group. For data collection, a questionnaire was developed based on the components of the health belief model. Participants completed the questionnaire both before and three months after the intervention. Women in the intervention group were offered three educational and counseling sessions on high-risk pregnancies, prenatal care, and high-risk behaviors during pregnancy. The SPSS software (v. 22) was used to analyze the data by running the Wilcoxon, the Mann-Whitney U, and the Chi-square tests. Results: The age mean values in the intervention and the control groups were 27.66 ± 5.30 and 26.6 ± 5.33, respectively (P = 0.2). At baseline, groups did not differ significantly from each other regarding the mean scores of knowledge, health belief model components, and behavior (P > 0.05). However, three months after the intervention, the scores of knowledge, health belief model components, and behaviors were significantly better in the intervention group than in the control group (P < 0.05). Moreover, in the intervention group, there were significant differences between the pretest and posttest mean scores of knowledge, health belief model components, and behaviors (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Health education programs based on the health belief model can effectively prevent high-risk behaviors among pregnant women.
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Received: 2026/01/10 | Accepted: 2016/10/15 | Published: 2016/10/15
Received: 2026/01/10 | Accepted: 2016/10/15 | Published: 2016/10/15
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