Study on the Effect of Educational Intervention based on Health Belief Model to Prevent the Arbitrary Use of Drugs in Women Referring to Health Centers of Bandar Abbas

DOI: 10.30699/acadpub.ijhehp.6.1.1 Background and Objective: Self-medication is a serious health problem. So this study aimed to study the impact of educational intervention based on health belief model in order to prevent arbitrary use of drugs among women in health centers in Bandar Abbas. Methods: This study was interventional, semi-experimental and controlled (before and after). 180 women who referred to health centers have participated in this study and were divided randomly into two groups. The data collection method was a questionnaire based on Health Belief Model constructs and a checklist for selfmedication use. The questionnaires were distributed before and after the intervention, and finally, after 4 months, the information of both groups was collected again and analyzed. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 19, paired t-test and independent ttest. Results were considered significant at p <0.05.ere