Effect of Intervention Based On Health Belief Model on the Change in Nutritional Behavior of Pregnant Mothers with Iron Deficiency Anemia Referred to Urmia Health Centers Download PDF

Background: Nowadays, iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is one of the most common health and nutritional problems worldwide. IDA in pregnant women leads to preterm labor and low birth weight neonate. This study was aimed to determine the effect of intervention based on health belief model (HBM) on nutritional behavior of pregnant women referred to health centers of Urmia in 2016. Materials and Methods: The present study was an interventional study with pre-test and post-test control group. Subjects were selected randomly from 90 pregnant women with low blood hemoglobin below than 11 mg / dl in 6-10 weeks of pregnancy. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire based on HBM which was used after calculating reliability and validity. Initially, a pre-test was conducted and then educational-based sessions were conducted in the intervention group. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20, independent t-test, paired t-test and Chi-square test. P <0.05 was considered significant. Results: According to the results of the study, in the pre intervention stage, there was no significant difference between the two intervention and control groups regarding demographic variables, but after the educational intervention, the mean of model constructs in the intervention group, in particular perceived susceptibility (29.066 ± 2.725) and knowledge (23.000± 2.763) was significantly increased (P <0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study showed the effectiveness of education using HBM in promoting the nutritional behavior of pregnant women. Therefore, educational interventions are recommended based on HBM