The Effectiveness of Educational Intervention in Promoting Preventive Behaviors of Dengue Fever in Southern Iran: Applying Health Belief Model (HBM)
The participants' knowledge about preventive behavior of dengue fever increased. They managed to remove the barriers to healthy behavior and began to show the desired preventive behavior with the self-efficacy they gained; thus, the educational intervention based on the HBM can improve the behaviors to preventi of dengue fever, which is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito.
Authors
- Roghayeh Ezati Rad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3139-2417)
- Shokrollah Mohseni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5737-3367)
- Asiyeh Yari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3161-2662)
- Nahid Shahabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0512-9033)
- Zahra Hosseini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8152-3174)
- Teamur Aghamolaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2504-8014)
Institutions
- Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Science Reports
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.70198
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.80
Funders
- Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences