Application of the health belief model for osteoporosis prevention among middle school girl students, Garmsar, Iran

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Hazavehei, S M ^a   Taghdisi, M H ^a   Saidi, M ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Semnan Health Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health Belief Model; Health education program; Middle school girl students; Osteoporosis prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRAN; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 34548316580     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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