Design and validation of Iranian Child Health-Friendly Neighbourhood checklist: a mixed-methods study.

Background: A child health-friendly neighbourhood is defined as a neighbourhood where the child's health is provided, protected and promoted. Designing and validation of an assessment tool is required to identify the deficits and strengths of neighbourhoods within the context of each country. This study aimed to design and validate a child health-friendly neighbourhood assessment tool in Tehran.

Challenges and barriers to healthy eating behaviors in the workplace: A pragmatic approach to promoting healthy aging.

Background: The role of health-related behaviors, particularly eating behavior, in the health of middle-aged individuals in the workplace is crucial. This qualitative study aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and barriers to healthy eating behaviors in the industrial workplace from the perspectives of middle-aged workers and employers.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 participants, including 5 workers aged 35 to 59 years, 3 nutrition experts, 2 health, safety and environment (HSE) experts, and 5 employers from industrial workplaces in Tehran, Iran.

Child health-friendly neighbourhood: a qualitative study to explore the perspectives and experiences of experts and mothers of children under 6 years of age in Tehran, Iran.

Objectives: Creating health-supportive environments is one of the key strategies for health promotion. The WHO launched the Healthy Cities Initiative which has inspired other international organisations to develop settings-based health initiatives, such as the Child Friendly Cities by UNICEF. Our study aimed to explore the perspectives and experiences of experts, city council staff and mothers of children under 6 years of age in the city of Tehran, Iran regarding child health-friendly neighbourhoods for children of this age group.

Physical Activity Promotion in Schools Using Theoretically Designed Mobile Phone Application.

Background: Regular physical activity for adolescents has many health benefits, many of which also affect adulthood. Physical activity is a behavior that requires planning and choosing an appropriate educational method, model, or theory. However, mobile phone applications are known as a suitable method to increase physical activity according to the guidelines.

Assessing the method of providing health services to at-risk groups during natural events (earthquake): A systematic review.

Disasters create a large amount of human needs. Health services in natural disasters are considered the main factor of human survival. The present study was conducted to determine the method of providing health services to at-risk groups during natural events such as earthquakes in 2022.

Developing and validating an instrument to assess women's empowerment in dealing with domestic violence in Iran: a mixed-methods study protocol.

Introduction: Despite the emphasis on empowerment in interventions supporting women against domestic violence and ending spousal abuse, there is still no standard and accurate instrument to evaluate women's empowerment in this field. This study proposes a protocol to fill this gap by developing and psychometrically testing a standardised instrument for assessing women's empowerment in dealing with domestic violence (WEDDV).

Methods And Analysis: This study will be conducted in Iran in a mixed method with a sequential exploratory design (qualitative-quantitative).

Adolescents diabetes awareness test (ADAT): Tool development and psychometrics evaluation research.

Background: During the last two decades, several reports have indicated an increase in the number of type-2 diabetes among adolescents. Therefore, an assessment of adolescents' awareness of this disease deserves serious consideration. This study aims at designing a psychometric tool for assessing adolescents' awareness of type-2 diabetes.

The effect of education based on health belief model on hand hygiene behavior in the staff of Tehran dentistry centers: A quasi-experimental intervention study.

Background And Aims: Considering the increasing prevalence of dental services in the community and the impossibility of identifying each infected patient, hand sanitation is the most critical factor in controlling infection in these centers. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of educational intervention on the hand health behavior of the staff of Tehran dentistry clinics based on the health belief model (HBM).

Methods: In this quasi-experimental study in 2017, 128 employees of the health centers were selected through a multistage sampling method and they were placed in two groups of intervention and control (each 64 people).

Experiences of patient education among people affected by cardiovascular disease: a qualitative study based on Andragogy model.

Background: Patient education is a key component of patient care, positively affecting health promotion and self-care ability. In this regard, an extensive body of research supports the use of the andragogy model in patient education. The study aimed to explore the experiences of people with cardiovascular disease in patient education.

School-based peer-led diabetes intervention among female adolescents: a cluster randomized trial.

Background: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing among adolescents and clear strategies are needed to prevent it. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of peer education on knowledge, health beliefs and preventive behaviors of type 2 diabetes in female adolescents.

Methods: In this cluster randomized trial study, 168 students (84 people in each group) were enrolled.

The Role of the Health Belief Model in Explaining Why Symptomatic Iranian Women Hesitate to Seek Early Screening for Breast Cancer: a Qualitative Study.

Early detection of breast cancer (BC) is important to increase the likelihood of treatment and improve the quality of life and survival. The study explored why symptomatic women linger to seek early screening for BC diagnosis based on the health belief model (HBM). In this qualitative study, 20 participants were selected using the purposive sampling method (9 health professionals and 11 female patients BC).

WHO-PEN intervention in Iran's health system based on 5As healthy lifestyle counseling model: A randomized-clinical trial.

Background: Skill Training Intervention Based on the Healthy Lifestyle Counselling Module (5As model) in the Ira PEN Program.

Materials And Methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial in Iran. Participants were 184 health workers and 184 clients (92 in each study group).

Hospital health literacy conceptual explanation: A qualitative content analysis based on experts and population perspectives.

Background And Aim: Given the complexities of the health care system and the importance of the subject and effects of health literacy in all aspects of care, defining specific health literacy in this context seems necessary. The purpose of this research was to explain the concept of hospital health literacy (HHL), its definition, and the related dimensions using the qualitative research method.

Materials And Methods: An exploratory qualitative design was used.

Behavioural and environmental risk factors for household injuries: semistructured interviews with health professionals and mothers in Iran.

Background: Injuries are increasing global public health problems, causing disability and death among children. This has considerable financial, emotional and social effects on families and society. This study aimed to investigate the behavioural and environmental factors leading to unintentional home injuries and attempts to highlight the pivotal role of mothers' behaviour and performance to provide a safe place for children at home.

Effect of training based on health belief model and behavioral intention on improving dental and oral self-care behavior in 9-12-year-old Iranian female students.

Background: Training dental and oral health behaviors by using appropriate training models and theories is an important issue in preventing dental and oral diseases. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of training based on the health belief model and behavioral intention on dental and oral health behaviors in female students aged 9-12 years old in the city of Rudsar, Guilan, Iran.

Methods: This research is an interventional study conducted on 84 female students aged 9-12 years old, who lived in the city of Rudsar (n = 42 in the control group and n = 42 in the interventional group) in 2019.

World health organization-package of essential noncommunicable disease intervention in iran's health system based on 5As healthy lifestyle counseling model: A randomized-controlled trial protocol.

Background: The Iran Package for Essential Noncommunicable Disease (Ira-PEN) program has been established since 2018 with the aim of controlling and caring of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) as well as their underlying causes in Iran. In this study protocol, a healthy lifestyle module will be used for the first time in Iran, which was recommended in 2018 by the World Health Organization to train health workers. This module relies on the 5As model, a training intervention design, then, implement, evaluate, and present the results to the managers and decision makers of the Ira-PEN program.

Designing and psychometric assessment of the scale of factors influencing HPV vaccine uptake behaviors in young adults.

Background: In order to increase HPV vaccination, it is necessary to identify the factors influencing vaccination behavior among different cultures and the young adult populations. To evaluate the factors influencing HPV vaccine uptake behaviors, valid, reliable, and culture-compatible scales are required. This study was conducted with the aim of designing and psychometric assessment of the scale of factors influencing HPV vaccine uptake behaviors in Young Adults (FI(HPV)VUBYA) in Iran.

Investigating the relationship between satisfaction of basic psychological needs, general health, and some background variables in the Iranian older adults: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Promoting the health and mental health (MH) of the older adults making up a large part of the world's population in the coming years can provide the necessary conditions for their health and well-being of them. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the satisfaction of basic psychological needs (BPNs), general health (GH), and some variables in Iranian older adults.

Methods: The present descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 780 older adults from Sarpol-e Zahab (Kermanshah) in 2019 including the study by multi-stage cluster random sampling.

Measuring the Structures of the Health Belief Model Integrated with Health Literacy in Predicting University Students' Adoption of Smoking Preventive Behaviors.

Objectives: One of the priorities of public health in reducing smoking is to prevent young people from becoming smokers. Health literacy (HL), smoking, and preventive behaviors are related. Moreover, HL has a potential impact on strengthening the Health Belief Model (HBM).

The Concept of Social Health From an Iranian Perspective: A Qualitative Exploration.

Objective: As one of the health aspects, social health is less well-known than physical and mental aspects. In order to better understand this aspect and considering the importance of social context in its conceptualizing, the present study was performed aiming at explaining the social health and identification of its various aspects in the perspective of Iranian adults.

Methodology: The present study was conducted in 2021 with a qualitative approach and with the participation of Iranian adults and social health professionals.

Priorities for a gender-sensitive sexually transmitted infections and human immunodeficiency virus (STIs/HIV) services: An exploratory mixed methods study.

Background And Aim: Providing gender-sensitive health services is emphasized by the World Health Organization. This study aimed to assess and prioritize the needs for the gender-sensitive sexually transmitted infections/human immunodeficiency viruses (STIs/HIV) prevention services by a valid and reliable questionnaire.

Methods: This was an exploratory mixed methods sequential study in Shiraz Iran 2019.

Strategies for Improving Participation in Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Young Adults in the Capital of Iran: A Qualitative-Exploratory Study.

Background: Different strategies can promote healthy behaviors. Although the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is very important due to its effect in reducing cervical cancer, the behavior of HPV vaccination is low among young adults in Iran. Therefore, this study aimed to determine strategies for improving HPV vaccination among young adults.

Educational and ecological assessment for unintentional injuries among children under 7 years: directed qualitative research based on PRECEDE-PROCEED model.

Background: Child injury is not seen as a new issue in medical science and public health; however, for years it has been either generally brushed aside or been conspicuously absent from the world health agenda. This study aims at investigating the factors leading to house injuries and attempts to highlight mothers' pivotal role to provide a safe place for children at home.

Methods: A qualitative research method was used.

Concordance of the cardiovascular patient education with the principles of Andragogy model.

Background: Patient education is a critical aspect of patient care and is considered a vital part of self-care (especially in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD)) and health promotion. The literature supports incorporating the principles of the andragogy model (adult learning) into patient education. This study aimed to determine the concordance of the CVD patient education with the principles of the andragogy model.

The Relationship between Different Levels of Health Literacy and Smoking Prevention Among Medical Sciences Student.

Background: Higher rates of Smoking among university students have been reported in various studies. On the other hand, health literacy (HL) can improve health behaviors. In fact, identifying factors affecting the adoption of smoking preventive behaviors such as HL can help prevent and reduce the prevalence of smoking among people.