The Knowledge and Factors Associated with Self-Medication Behavior of Mothers with Children Under Two Years Have Referred to Health Centers in City of Firuoz Kuh Based on the Health Belief Model

Heydaratabar, R.; Hatefnia, Effat; Nezhad, Anoshirvan Kazem

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“…Moreover, a descriptive study about factors related to self-medication behavior of mothers of children under the age of two in Iran, who referred to health centers showed that 54.4% of mothers had self-medication behaviors. This study suggested that self-medication should be closely monitored and it warranted an educational program for mothers in Iran and it also suggested an effective intervention program based on a theory that could improve mothers' knowledge about paying attention to the potential harms of self-medication for their children (9). Therefore, with increasing access to medications and the direct role of mothers in choosing medication for their children, it is necessary to design proper educational programs to provide mothers with adequate knowledge in order to change their behaviors in this regard and enable them to help their children live in a long healthy life.…”

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“…Due to the fact that self-medication is one of the basic problems in the health system of Iran, because of the prevalence of self-medication among children by their mothers, the lack of enough education in health centers and providing old educations, the age of self-medication has reduced to under the age of six. Considering the previous studies on this problem (4,5,7,9) that investigated the effective factors on self-medication in qualitative or descriptive studies, this study (an educational randomized controlled trial) was conducted based on TPB and emphasizes constructs (knowledge, attitude, perceived behavior control, subjective norm, and intentional behavior) beside a three month follow-up for the durability of mothers' behavior to prevent self-medication in their children and thus the novelty of this study is not found in other studies.…”

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The Effect of Theory-Based Education on the Promotion of Preventive Behavior Among Mothers, Concerning the Self-Medication for Children

mozafari

Shamsi

Roozbahani

et al. 2019

Arch Pediatr Infect Dis

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Self-medication is one of the basic problems in the health system of Iran. The purpose of the present study is to determine the effect of theory-based education on the promotion of preventive behavior among mothers, concerning the self-medication for children. This study is an educational randomized controlled trial research that was designed and implemented for the first time in Iran. The samples consisted of 112 mothers with children under age six who referred to health centers of AzadShahr (a city in the north of Iran) from July 2015 to March 2016. They were selected through convenience sampling and then were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. Data collection instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire. Then educational program was performed for the intervention group through four educational sessions. After three months, data collection was repeated for the two groups and the data were analyzed using the SPSS-20 software with inferential statistics (independent t-test, paired t-test, and chi-square). The findings showed that based on T-test, after the educational program, the mean score ± standard deviation (SD) of knowledge between the intervention and control groups was 66.07 ± 16.58 and 70.45 ± 15.33, respectively (P = 0.149). Moreover, the mean score ± SD of performance was 86.88 ± 14.84 and 93.81 ± 10.36, respectively that there was a significant difference (P = 0.005). Three months after the educational program, based on the chi-square test, the prevalence of self-medication between intervention and control groups was 8.92% and 21.42%, respectively that there was a significant difference (P = 0.02). The educational interventions based on the theory of planned behavior reduced self-medication for children. Therefore, due to the high cost of drug production and the side effects of self-medication, especially in vulnerable periods such as in childhood, it is recommended that educational programs, based on this model, should be carried out in other health care centers in order to provide children health.

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The Effect of Theory-Based Education on the Promotion of Preventive Behavior Among Mothers, Concerning the Self-Medication for Children

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Shamsi

Roozbahani

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Arch Pediatr Infect Dis

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“…Likewise, in our study, perceived susceptibility in Heydaratabar et al . [ 32 ] and Shamsi et al . [ 33 ] were low.…”

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“…With regard to the significant correlation between perceived susceptibility and child BMI in our study and with respect to the significant correlation between perceived susceptibility and desired health behaviors in other studies conducted by Heydaratabar R et al . [ 32 ] and Karimy M et al .,[ 27 ] we conclude that providing the bases of health education to increase perceived susceptibility in a society of preschool mothers in order to train prevention behavior of obesity could be beneficial to promote public health in different groups of preschool mothers.…”

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The role of maternal health beliefs in prevention of preschoolers’ obesity

Hatefnia,

Azizi,

Qorbani

et al. 2024

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is one of the most serious global public health challenges of the 21st century, affecting every country in the world. Mothers’ beliefs and perceptions about their children’s obesity and overweight are key to obesity prevention. Given the importance of this issue, the present study aimed to determine perceptions and beliefs of mothers’ nutritional behaviors related to overweight preschool children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 350 mothers of preschool children with health records who were referred to child health assessment centers. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire based on the health belief model. SPSS19 was used for data analysis. P < 0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS: The participants (350) included 52% 25–36 years old, and 57.3% live in rural areas. There was a significant difference in the mean perceived susceptibility between mothers with obese children and normal-weight children (P < 0.05). There was a significant positive relationship between severity and perceived benefits and a significant negative relationship with mothers’ knowledge. There was also a significant negative relationship between self-efficacy and perceived barriers (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study showed that maternal health beliefs were effective in the formation of obesity prevention behaviors in children. In this regard, educational interventions can play an important role in the proper practice of such behaviors.

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Anti-marketing of Drug Abuse by Means of Grounded Theory

Zarei

Zarei²,

Farajzadeh

2019

Iran J Health Educ Health Promot

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Background and Objective: Nowadays, arbitrary drug use is one of the most important problems in the world, including Iran. Due to the harmful effects of drug abuse, this study aimed to assess the cause of arbitrary use of drugs and anti-marketing strategies for drug use among Referrals to medical centers of social security organization in Ardabil. Materials and Methods:This is an applied, objective and a qualitative research in terms of the nature of the research. In this study, the data from interviews with 21 patients and physicians of the Social Security Clinic of Ardabil city were analyzed using the Grounded Theory Method in three stages (open coding, axial coding and selective coding). Results: The findings of this study showed that the causes of drug abuse are in six areas of economic, access, cultural-social, barriers related to health centers, awareness, experience and attitude. Conclusion: According to the findings of the research, the Ministry of Health, health centers and other related areas should plan on reducing the effects of identified factors on drug abuse. This is possible through reducing the cost of treatment, increasing the coverage of the health centers in terms of geographical coverage, and mass media campaigns in the area of education and informing the society.

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The Knowledge and Factors Associated with Self-Medication Behavior of Mothers with Children Under Two Years Have Referred to Health Centers in City of Firuoz Kuh Based on the Health Belief Model

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The Effect of Theory-Based Education on the Promotion of Preventive Behavior Among Mothers, Concerning the Self-Medication for Children

The Effect of Theory-Based Education on the Promotion of Preventive Behavior Among Mothers, Concerning the Self-Medication for Children

The role of maternal health beliefs in prevention of preschoolers’ obesity

Anti-marketing of Drug Abuse by Means of Grounded Theory

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