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Investigación y Educación en Enfermería
Print version ISSN 0120-5307On-line version ISSN 2216-0280
Abstract
JEIHOONI, Ali Khani; KASHFI, Seyyed Hannan; BAHMANDOST, Mina and HARSINI, Pooyan Afzali. Promoting Preventive Behaviors of Nosocomial Infections in Nurses: The Effect of an Educational program based on Health Belief Model. Invest. educ. enferm [online]. 2018, vol.36, n.1, e9. ISSN 0120-5307. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v36n1e09.
Objective
To determine the effect of educational program based on Health Belief Model (HBM) on promoting preventive behaviors of nosocomial infections in nurses.
Methods
In this randomized controlled trial study, 120 nurses working in a hospital in Fasa City, Fars (Iran). Intervention group (n=60) received an educational program based on HBM while control group (n=60) did not received it. A questionnaire consisting of demographic information, HBM constructs (knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, self-efficacy, performance and cues to action) was used to measure changes toward the prevention of nosocomial infections before, immediately after intervention and four months later (of the end of the intervention).
Results
Immediately and four months after the intervention, the intervention group showed a significant increase in the knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, Self-efficacy, cues to action and performance compared to the control group.
Conclusion
This study in nurses showed that the effectiveness of the Educational program based on HBM on promoting preventive behaviors of nosocomial infections. Hence, this model can act as a framework for designing and implementing educational interventions for the prevention of nosocomial infections.
Keywords : cross infection; control groups; perception; surveys and questionnaires; nurses.