Abstract
Background
Nowadays, drug abuse is one of the most important health problems that can affect the quality of life of people in mental, psychological, physical, and social dimensions. Theory-based education can help the adolescents to promote their drug abuse preventive behaviors.
Objectives
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of education based on the health belief model (HBM) on drug abuse preventive behaviors in adolescent students.
Methods
This study was an interventional quasi-experimental study with a pre-test/post-test design conducted in two high schools in the southeast of Iran. A two-step cluster sampling method was used and 120 students were randomly selected and categorized into the control (n = 60) and intervention (n = 60) groups. The intervention group participated in an education program based on the HBM in four 75-min sessions. Data were collected using demographic and drug abuse preventive behavior questionnaires based on the HBM.
Results
In the pre-test stage, the mean scores of drug abuse preventive behaviors and its dimensions were not significantly different between the intervention and control groups (t = −2.597 p = 0.641). In the post-test stage, the mean scores of the intervention and control groups were significantly different; the drug abuse preventive behaviors and its dimensions improved in the intervention group (t = 14.57, p < 0.001).
Conclusion
The findings showed that education based on the HBM had a significant effect on drug abuse preventive behaviors and its dimensions. Therefore, educational packages based on the HBM are recommended to improve these behaviors in adolescents.
Acknowledgments
The researchers appreciate the students who devoted, so graciously, a part of their time to participate in the study.
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- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Adverse effects of stimulant medications in children and adolescents: focus on sleep and growth disturbances
- Review
- Psychological pain and risk of suicide in adolescence
- Original Articles
- Practices, attitudes and barriers faced by internists and pediatricians in transitioning young adult patients to adult medicine
- Prevalence and personal predictors of risky sexual behaviour among in-school adolescents in the Ikenne Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria
- The impact of obesity on self-esteem and academic achievement among university students
- Postural habits in adolescents: the influence of a school physiotherapy program on improving the knowledge of postures
- Peer victimization, depression, and sexual risk behaviors among high school youth in the United States: a gender-based approach
- Clinical profile and care pathways among unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Vaud, Switzerland
- The effect of child-parent relationship therapy on social skills of Preschool Children: a semi-experimental study
- Behavioural and neuro-electrical correlates of cognitive performance in young mobile gamers of endless runner and match three genres
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- The relationship of parents’ communication patterns and peer-group interaction with sexual risk behavior in adolescents
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