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Knowledge, beliefs and preventive behaviors regarding Influenza A in students: a test of the health belief model

BACKGROUND: The higher prevalence rate of influenza A among adolescence emphasizes the importance of preventative strategies among this age group of population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the preventive behaviors of high school students regarding type A influenza, in Shahrekord, Iran. MAT...

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Autores principales: Najimi, Arash, Golshiri, Parastoo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3778646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24083273
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9531.112699
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description BACKGROUND: The higher prevalence rate of influenza A among adolescence emphasizes the importance of preventative strategies among this age group of population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the preventive behaviors of high school students regarding type A influenza, in Shahrekord, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 313 high school students were enrolled. Preventive behaviors of influenza A was evaluated by components of the Health Belief Model (HBM), using a questionnaire which its reliability was verified through a pilot study (alpha score 0.8). Data analysis was done by descriptive statistics, independent t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient. FINDINGS: Mean age of the students was 16.31 years. Knowledge, perceived severity and perceived barriers were in the modest level among the students. The highest scores were related to perceived susceptibility (75.4%) and perceived benefit (55.6%). Mass media was the main source of their information regarding influenza A. CONCLUSION: Considering the findings of this study and the relation between HBM components and the preventive behaviors of students, it seems that using HBM could be useful in improving preventive behaviors of influenza A among the studied population.
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spelling pubmed-37786462013-09-30 Knowledge, beliefs and preventive behaviors regarding Influenza A in students: a test of the health belief model Najimi, Arash Golshiri, Parastoo J Educ Health Promot Original Article BACKGROUND: The higher prevalence rate of influenza A among adolescence emphasizes the importance of preventative strategies among this age group of population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the preventive behaviors of high school students regarding type A influenza, in Shahrekord, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 313 high school students were enrolled. Preventive behaviors of influenza A was evaluated by components of the Health Belief Model (HBM), using a questionnaire which its reliability was verified through a pilot study (alpha score 0.8). Data analysis was done by descriptive statistics, independent t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient. FINDINGS: Mean age of the students was 16.31 years. Knowledge, perceived severity and perceived barriers were in the modest level among the students. The highest scores were related to perceived susceptibility (75.4%) and perceived benefit (55.6%). Mass media was the main source of their information regarding influenza A. CONCLUSION: Considering the findings of this study and the relation between HBM components and the preventive behaviors of students, it seems that using HBM could be useful in improving preventive behaviors of influenza A among the studied population. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3778646/ /pubmed/24083273 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9531.112699 Text en Copyright: © 2013 Najimi A http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Knowledge, beliefs and preventive behaviors regarding Influenza A in students: a test of the health belief model
title_sort knowledge, beliefs and preventive behaviors regarding influenza a in students: a test of the health belief model
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3778646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24083273
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9531.112699
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