Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Health Belief Model among High-Risk undergraduate nursing students for Obesity | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 79, Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2022, Pages 1071-1086 PDF (690.58 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.266939 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hanan Elsayed Awad Negm1; Fatma Gomaa Mohamed Amer2; Amel Ahmed Elsayed3; Amel abd Elaziem Mohamed4 | ||
| 1Lecturer at Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port-Said University | ||
| 2Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Assist. Professor of Community Health Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||
| 4Assist. Professor of Community Health Nursing Beni- Suef University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Overweight and obesity are risk factors for the development of chronic diseases with at least 2.8 million adults dying each year as a result of being overweight or obese. Aim: Determine the effect of educational intervention based on the health belief model among high-risk undergraduate nursing students for obesity. Research design: A quasi-experimental research design pre-post-test was utilized in this study. Settings: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing at Mansoura University. Subjects: A purposive sample composed of 160 undergraduate nursing students who are at high risk for obesity was included. Tools of data collection: Tool (I): A Self-administered questionnaire, was composed of 4 parts, part one: Undergraduate nursing students' data, and part two: Undergraduate nursing students' knowledge regarding obesity. Part three: Undergraduate nursing students' self-reported practices regarding healthy food and regular exercise. Part four: The effects of obesity on undergraduate nursing students' lifestyle assessment sheet. Tool (II): The health belief model assessment sheet. Tool (III): Anthropometric measurement to detect body mass index. Results: Revealed that more than two-fifths of undergraduate nursing students were in obesity class1, and two-fifths were in obesity class II. There was a highly significant difference between undergraduate nursing students' knowledge & their practices regarding obesity, healthy food, and exercises pre & post-educational intervention based on the health belief model. Conclusion: The study concluded that educational intervention based on the health belief model has a positive effect on improved knowledge and practices among high-risk undergraduate nursing students for obesity. Recommendations: The study suggested that the educational intervention based on the health belief model should be integrated into care among high-risk undergraduate nursing students for obesity. Conducting routine screening by measuring body mass index for undergraduate nursing students who are at high-risk for obesity. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Educational intervention; Health belief model; Obesity; Undergraduate nursing students | ||
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