The Effect of Educational Intervention in Promoting Safe Behaviors in a Sample of Iranian Primary School Students: An Application of the Health Belief Model

Abstract

Purpose: Road traffic accidents account for the biggest mortality rate in Iran and children are among the main victims of these accidents. The present study was conducted to assess the effect of an educational intervention based on the Health Belief Model on behaviors associated with obeying traffic regulations in primary school students during the academic year 2014-15 in Khorramabad, Iran. Methods:The present quasi-experimental has a pre-post-intervention design and was conducted on 106 sixthgrade primary school students selected through multi-stage sampling and divided into an intervention and a control group. The students were assessed before, a week after and two months after the intervention. Data were collected using a two-part questionnaire containing a demographic section and a section with items on the constructs of the Health Belief Model. The data obtained were then analyzed in SPSS-20. Results:The mean scores of perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, self-efficacy and cues to action significantly improved in the intervention group compared to the control group (P<0.01). Conclusion:An educational intervention based the Health Belief Model managed to effectively improve behaviors associated with obeying traffic regulations.

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“…Also, in present study, the predictive power of perceived susceptibility and self-efficacy is considered as powerful predictive variables of mothers' performance in safety measures. Ebadifar et al 29 showed the perceived sen� sitivity and self-efficacy of mothers as the most sensitive and the best predictive factors for preventing the occurrence of accidents and injuries in children and his obtained results were in good agreement with the results of present study.…”

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“…The HBM theory has been applied in various studies to deliver information to change perceptions and reduce barriers. For instance, RCT had utilised HBM constructs in developing intervention programmes of various areas, including T2DM, osteoporosis, cancer, heart failure, consumption of unhealthy snacks and anxiety management, as well as obeying traffic regulations and prevention of school injuries (Alidosti et al, 2012;Baghianimoghadam et al, 2012Baghianimoghadam et al, , 2013Farhadi et al, 2014;Fathi et al, 2017;Ghavami et al, 2016;Jeihooni et al, 2015;Mahmoud et al, 2018;Petersen et al, 2019;Shahnazi et al, 2015). Furthermore, their findings showed positive outcomes in the intervention group when compared to the control group.…”