تاثير آموزش از طريق مدل اعتقاد سلامتي بر شناخت مادران دانش آموزان پسر درباره چاقي كودكانشان: مدارس ابتدايي منطقه 17 شهر تهران

The impact of health education through Health Belief Model (H.B.M) on motherʹs perceptions about obesity children obese male student in elementary schools (17th district, Tehran City)

Introduction: Considering high prevalence of childhood obesity and importance of its prevention and control, and the role of motherʹs perceptions of their children behaviors, this research was aimed to study the impact of health education through health belief model (HBM) about prevention and control childhood obesity on the mothers, perceptions of overweight school children in 17th district, Tehran City, 2007-2008. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study we selectedlOO students with BMI more than standard for their age and sex from 5 schools thorough a cluster random sampling method at 17th district, Tehran City. They divided randomly in two groups: experimental & control. We used questionnaires including 40 questions in seven demographic sections about HBM dimensions;{sensibitity, severity, perceived profits, perceived obstacles, self-efficacy, and action-guide)completed by children mothers. Then mothers randomly divided in two groups (Experiment and control).Experiment group gives education. For presenting the educational materials we used different educational method such as lectures, ques?tons :ind graphs. For two sessions of 30 minutes period mothers education completed. Control group had no education. Two weeks later, mothers again completed the questionnaires. The data were analyzed by the spssl5 for windows, for analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and Pearson correlation tests. Results: Eleven percent of mothers failed to perceive their overweighed child as overweight, and 83/3% of mothers after education, accepted that their ch:i Idren are overu eight; these were mothers who failed to perceive their overweight child as overweight helore education. The results of analysis of cov- amnce i ANCOVA) were significant between means of two groupʹs mothers attitudes, and proved li si^isil icant difference between two mean in elements ufHBM (p<0/0001). Demographic factor-- showed no significant difference between iwo groups. Conclusion: Education of prevention and control of childhood obesity by means nl health belief model can promote mothers perceptions, and can affect on the positive maternal attitude.