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Rahman Panahi, Ali Ramezankhani, Mahmud Tavousi, AliasgharHaeri Mehrizi, Fereshte Osmani, Shamsaddin Niknami. Factors associated with smoking among students: Application of the Health Belief Model. Payesh 2017; 16 (3) :315-324
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Rahman Panahi1 
, Ali Ramezankhani2 , Mahmud Tavousi3 , AliasgharHaeri Mehrizi3 , Fereshte Osmani1 , Shamsaddin Niknami * 1
, Ali Ramezankhani2 , Mahmud Tavousi3 , AliasgharHaeri Mehrizi3 , Fereshte Osmani1 , Shamsaddin Niknami * 1
1- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran
3- Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
2- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran
3- Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Abstract: (4769 Views)
Objective (s): Due to an increase in smoking among students, this study aimed to determine factors associated with smoking using the health belief model (HBM) among students living in a medical university dormitory in Tehran, Iran.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out on a sample of 340 undergraduate students. A designed questionnaire based on the health belief model (HBM) was used to collect data. The Data were analyzed by SPSS using appropriate statistical tests.
Results: About one in four (n = 81, 23.8%) of students were current smoker, 17.1% (n=58) had experienced cigarette smoking, and 59.1% (n=201) were non-smoker. T- test results showed a statistically significant difference in perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits and perceived self-efficacy (p<0.001) between smokers and nonsmokers, but there was no statistically significant difference between two groups of smoker and non-smoker students in terms of the scores of perceived barriers (p = 0.08).
Conclusion: The results showed that health belief model could predict factors that associated with smoking among students. Indeed the model might be applied in smoking preventing programs.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out on a sample of 340 undergraduate students. A designed questionnaire based on the health belief model (HBM) was used to collect data. The Data were analyzed by SPSS using appropriate statistical tests.
Results: About one in four (n = 81, 23.8%) of students were current smoker, 17.1% (n=58) had experienced cigarette smoking, and 59.1% (n=201) were non-smoker. T- test results showed a statistically significant difference in perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits and perceived self-efficacy (p<0.001) between smokers and nonsmokers, but there was no statistically significant difference between two groups of smoker and non-smoker students in terms of the scores of perceived barriers (p = 0.08).
Conclusion: The results showed that health belief model could predict factors that associated with smoking among students. Indeed the model might be applied in smoking preventing programs.
type of study: Descriptive |
Accepted: 2017/04/8 | ePublished ahead of print: 2017/04/29 | Published: 2017/05/15
Accepted: 2017/04/8 | ePublished ahead of print: 2017/04/29 | Published: 2017/05/15
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