TY - JOUR ID - 9906 TI - The Effect of Educational Program Based on Health Belief Model about HIV/AIDS among High School Students JO - International Journal of Pediatrics JA - IJP LA - en SN - 2345-5047 AU - Khani Jeihooni, Ali AU - Arameshfard, Shideh AU - Hatami, Mahmood AU - Mansourian, Morteza AU - Kashfi, Seyyed Hannan AU - Rastegarimehr, Babak AU - Safari, Omid AU - Amirkhani, Mehdi AD - 1Department of Public Health, School of Health, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran. AD - Departement of Medicine, School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran. AD - Departement of Nursing, School of Nursing, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran. AD - Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. AD - Department of Nursing, Larestan School of Nursing, Larestan University of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran. AD - MSc, Abadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran. AD - Departments of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 6 IS - 3 SP - 7285 EP - 7296 KW - Education KW - Health belief model KW - HIV/AIDS KW - Iran KW - Students DO - 10.22038/ijp.2017.27226.2343 N2 - Background: Considering the importance of learning health knowledge and the need to promote appropriate health attitudes, beliefs and behaviors regarding Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) among school-age people, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an educational program based on Health Belief Model (HBM) about HIV/AIDS. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed on 100 male high school students in Fasa, Iran. A sample size of 100 was determined based on the examination of similar literature with 95% confidence interval and 80% test capability. The subjects were divided into two groups of 50 subjects. After administering a pre-test to both groups, only the experimental group was trained based on the HBM constructs on the HIV/AIDS preventive behaviors. Then intervention was followed by group discussion (10-person groups) in 8 sessions each 55-60 minutes. In order to collect information based on Health Belief Model, a questionnaire consisting of 41 questions in three sections was used. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 22.0 software. Results: Educational intervention based on Health Belief Model resulted in meaningful enhancement of the subjects’ knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and perceived self-efficacy (P <0.05). Furthermore, the students’ perceived barriers about beliefs related to HIV/AIDS preventive behaviors decreased significantly (P <0.05). Conclusion: According to the results, educational intervention has increased the HIV/AIDS prevention behavior based on Health Belief Model. Therefore, the results of this study can be used in the theory-based intervention strategies to create and modify health behaviors. UR - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_9906.html L1 - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_9906_d06a3e7c26923cfe6bf416520a6c4426.pdf ER -