@article{Shobeiri_Hesami_Khodakarami_Soltanian_2016, title={EFFECT OF NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING BASED ON HEALTH BELIEF MODEL FOR OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION IN WOMEN: A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH}, volume={30}, url={https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1928}, abstractNote={Objective: To study the effect of nutritional counseling according to health<br />belief model (HBM) for osteoporosis preventive behaviors in women referring<br />to health centers in Hamadan City, Iran.<br />Methodology: This quasi-experimental research was performed among 80<br />women, which were allocated randomly into two groups of forty-members<br />each of cases and controls. All participants filled the written informed consent.<br />Four educational session classes were performed in the case group. Through<br />three stages (before interposition, immediately after interposition, and two<br />month after interposition) these groups were evaluated. Analysis of the data<br />was performed by SPSS/18, using t test, chi square test, Fisher and repeated<br />measurement test. P-value was considered significant if it was less than 0.05.<br />Results: Important difference was not observed among the two groups in<br />terms of age, menarche age, education, job and BMI. There was no considerable<br />difference among the two groups in terms of the average scores of the<br />different structures of this model before the intervention. Mean scores of the<br />awareness and various structures of the model (perceived vulnerability, perceived<br />severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers and performance) were<br />enhanced considerably in the case group over time (immediately after and<br />two month) after interposition (P <0.05).<br />Conclusion: Based on HBM, the training has positive impact on information,<br />opinions and performances of females about osteoporosis and its prevention.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute}, author={Shobeiri, Fatemeh and Hesami, Elham and Khodakarami, Batul and Soltanian, Alireza}, year={2016}, month={Nov.} }