Zareban, Iraj, Tavallai, Marzieh, Shahrakipour, Mahnaz, Kourki Nejad Gharaei, Fatemeh (2025). Prediction of Osteoporosis Preventive Behaviors through the Use of the Health Belief Model (HBM). , 4(3), 55-62.
Iraj Zareban; Marzieh Tavallai; Mahnaz Shahrakipour; Fatemeh Kourki Nejad Gharaei. "Prediction of Osteoporosis Preventive Behaviors through the Use of the Health Belief Model (HBM)". , 4, 3, 2025, 55-62.
Zareban, Iraj, Tavallai, Marzieh, Shahrakipour, Mahnaz, Kourki Nejad Gharaei, Fatemeh (2025). 'Prediction of Osteoporosis Preventive Behaviors through the Use of the Health Belief Model (HBM)', , 4(3), pp. 55-62.
Zareban, Iraj, Tavallai, Marzieh, Shahrakipour, Mahnaz, Kourki Nejad Gharaei, Fatemeh Prediction of Osteoporosis Preventive Behaviors through the Use of the Health Belief Model (HBM). , 2025; 4(3): 55-62.

Prediction of Osteoporosis Preventive Behaviors through the Use of the Health Belief Model (HBM)

Health Education and Health Promotion
Article 7, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 55-62    PDF (208.97 K)
Authors
Iraj Zareban1; Marzieh Tavallai2; Mahnaz Shahrakipour3; Fatemeh Kourki Nejad Gharaei* 4
1Associate Professor, Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
2M.Sc. of Health Education and Promotion, Student Research Committee, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
3Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
4Student Research Committee, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
Abstract
Aim: Nowadays, life is endangering women’s health, so that without organizational support, women are engaged in unhealthy life styles. Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease that increases the risk of bone fracture by creating a structural abnormality in the bone. Osteoporosis is a common disease among middle-age and older persons, especially women. Therefore, the necessity of implementing strategic plans to prevent osteoporosis is significantly important. This study was designed to determine the prediction of osteoporosis preventive behaviors using the Health Belief Model (HBM).
Methods: This cross-sectional study was done among 200 women referred to the health centers in Taft in 2016. A stage simple random sampling was used. In order to gather the data a questionnaire consistent with the structures of HBM was used. Data were analyzed using the SPSS v16 and descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, and mean±SD) and analysis (Linear regression). The significance level was 0.5.
Findings: The mean age of the participants was 53 years. Linear regression analysis showed the perceived awareness among the participants (p> 0.001).
Conclusion: The results showed that HBM is able to predict well the osteoporosis preventive behaviors in women. The findings of this survey confirm the efficiency of HBM in adopting preventive actions of osteoporosis.
Keywords
Preventive Behaviors; women; Health Belief Model (HBM); Osteoporosis
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