مجله آموزش و سلامت جامعه
سال چهارم شماره 1 (بهار 1396)

In recent years, the prevalence of skin cancer is rising in Iran. This cancer is the most common cancer in Kurdistan province, Iran. This study aims to investigate the determinants of skin cancer preventive behaviors (SCPBs) among high school students applying the PRECEDE Model in Sanandaj, Iran.
Multistage cluster sampling was employed to recruit 225 high school students in Sanandaj, Iran to participate in the study. A descriptive, cross-sectional design was employed. The data were collected using a questionnaire designated based on the educational phase (knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, social support (as reinforcing factors) and enabling factors and SCPBs) of PRECEDE model. Face and content validity and reliability of the scales were approved. Data were entered into SPSS software v.21 and were analyzed applying One-way ANOVA, T-test, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Linear Regression tests.
Statistically significant associations were found between SCPBs and attitude (r=0.175), self-efficacy (r=0.509), social support (r=0.332) and enabling factors (r = 0.347). The mean of SCPBs among the students was less than moderate. In linear regression analysis, the independent variables predicted 29.9% of SCPBs within which self-efficacy was the only significant variable (P

Patient education is an important nurse’s tasks and considered one of the standards of quality which play an important role in patients’ health promotion. This study amid to determine the predictors of behavioral intention to patient education among nurses based on theory of planned behavior.
this cross-sectional study was done among 300 nurses in Kermanshah educational hospitals affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. Participants simple were selected by cluster randomize sampling with probability proportional to size and data were collected by questionnaire in self-report. The questionnaire consisted of two parts; demographic and theory of planned behavior items regarding intention of patient education. The data were analyzed by SPSS-16 in using linear regression, chi square, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation 0.05 at a significance level.
Attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control Determinants accounted 35% of the variance in patient education behavioral intention among nurses (R2=0.35); attitude was stronger predictor (ß=0.287). Behavioral intention correlated with subjective norms (r=0.470, p It seems attitude determinant have a greater impact on behavioral intention of patient education therefore suggestion to carry out related interventions, pay more attention to attitude determinant of patient education.

Hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for heart diseases today and it may lead to changes in patient's quality of life. Therefore, control and self-care behaviors are so important. This study was conducted to study correlation between self-regulatory behaviors and quality of life among patients with hypertension referred to Health Comprehensive Centers in Hamadan.
This descriptive-analytical study was carried out on 200 hypertensive patients referred to Health Comprehensive Centers in Hamadan in 2017 years which were recruited with a multistage sampling method. A demographic questionnaire, the self-regulatory behaviors, and the quality of life (SF-36) questionnaires were used to collect data. Pearson’s correlation coefficient, t-test, and analysis of variance were conducted to analyze the data. All analyses were performed in SPSS-16.
The subjects reported 63.5% and 56.6% of receivable scores of self-care behaviors and quality of life, respectively; which was evaluated at rather desirable and undesirable levels. There was a significant relationship between quality of life and gender, marital status and body mass index (BMI). Also there were positive correlation between self-care behaviors and three dimmentio of quality of life including physical functioning, emotional well-being and bodily pain (P This study highlighted the role of self-care behaviors as a determinant of quality of life in patients with hypertension. Therefore, attention to self-care behaviors can increase hypertensive patients’ quality of life. So paying attention to the education of the hypertensive patients in health centers is essential.

Hope therapy as a positive psychological intervention can be reduce the psychological problems in addicted people. Therefore, the goal of present research was investigated the effectiveness of Hope Group Therapy on Quality of life and Resiliency in Addicted Women.
This research was utilized by semi-experimental with pre - posttest, experimental and control group. Thirty participants were selected among addicted women who refer to rehabilitation camp of Varavard town, small town in Tehran province. They were selected from who gained the lower scores in quality of life and resiliency, and were divided into experimental and control groups randomly. Data were gathered by use of World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) and Connor & Davidson-Resiliency questionnaires. The analysis of data was done by use of SPSS-20 software and analysis of covariance.
The findings of research indicated that the scores mean of quality of life (F=54/42, P The results indicated that hope group therapy training could be improve the quality of life and resiliency in addicted women. In addition, this therapy could be enforcing addicted people to achieve the positive self-concept and growing their positive mental potential ability. It seems that this intervention is good options for therapy that mental health professionals could be use this in their therapy with addicted women.

Smoking is one of the main causes of various diseases. Due to an increasing in smoking among university students, this study aimed to determine the predictors of adoption of smoking preventive behaviors in students using the health belief model was designed and implemented.
This was a cross-sectional study. 355 students living in dormitories Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, were selected to participate in the study using Single-stage cluster sampling. To collect the data, a designed questionnaire based on the health belief model (HBM) was used. The data analyzed using SPSS software version 16 and descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple logistic regression tests.
Participants had been obtained 45.91% of the score for the adoption of smoking preventive behaviors. Perceived susceptibility and perceived barriers higher score and perceived benefits and self-efficacy lowest score the points among independent variables in this study were assigned. Multiple regression analysis showed that perceived susceptibility and self-efficacy were predictors of adoption of smoking preventive behaviors. These variables, able to predict the 24.6% behavioral changes.
These results indicated in the design of educational interventions should be emphasized on perceived susceptibility and self-efficacy as the most important predictor of adopting preventive behaviors of smoking in university students.