The Effect of Educational Program based on Health Belief Model on OralCancer Prevention in Smoker Men

The purpose of the present study is investigating the effect of educational intervention based onhealth belief model (HBM) on oral cancer prevention in smoker men. This is a quasi-experimentalstudy carried out on ۲۰۰ smoker men with the age of ۴۰ or older (۱۰۰ subjects for the experimentalgroup and ۱۰۰ subjects for control group) resident in Fasa City, Fars Province, Iran, in ۲۰۱۷-۲۰۱۸.The educational intervention for the experimental group included seven educational sessions for۵۰ or ۵۵ min-based HBM. A questionnaire consisted of items about demographic information,knowledge, HBM constructs (perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, barriers, self-efficacy,and cues to action) was used to measure the oral cancer prevention before and ۶ months after theintervention. The mean age of the men was ۵۱.۳۵±۸.۴۱ years in the experimental group and۵۲.۲۸±۸.۰۹ years in the control group. Based on the obtained results, significant enhancement isobserved in average scores of knowledge, perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, self-efficacy,cues to action, and oral cancer prevention behaviors in experimental group; however, nosignificant changes are observed in average scores of knowledge, perceived susceptibility,severity, benefits, self-efficacy, cues to action, and oral cancer prevention behaviors of controlgroup. Also, results indicated that, the educational program based on HBM model have positiveeffect on oral cancer prevention with the improvement of subject's knowledge, perceivedsusceptibility, severity, benefits, and self-efficacy.

کلیدواژه ها:

Health Belief Model (HBM) ، Knowledge ، Oral Cancer ، Self-Efficacy.