Effect of training based on health belief model and behavioral intention on improving dental and oral self-care behavior in 9-12-year-old Iranian female students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Training dental and oral health behaviors by using appropriate training models and theories is an important issue in preventing dental and oral diseases. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of training based on the health belief model and behavioral intention on dental and oral health behaviors in female students aged 9-12 years old in the city of Rudsar, Guilan, Iran.

Methods

This research is an interventional study conducted on 84 female students aged 9-12 years old, who lived in the city of Rudsar (n = 42 in the control group and n = 42 in the interventional group) in 2019. The data collection tools included questions on demographic variables, structures of the health belief model (perceived sensitivity, perceived severity, perceived barriers and

SUBMITTER: Mohammadkhah F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675157 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature