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ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2022

Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Iranian Sample: Health Beliefs and Respondent Characteristics Associated with Preventive Behaviors.

Marzieh Araban, Mahmood Karimy, Mohammad Rreza Rouhani, Hamid Reza Koohestani, Lynda Stein

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Marzieh ArabanDepartment of Health Education and Promotion, Public Health School, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Mahmood KarimySocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Saveh University of medical sciences, Saveh, Iran.
Mohammad Rreza RouhaniInternal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran.
Hamid Reza KoohestaniSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Saveh University of medical sciences, Saveh, Iran.
Lynda SteinPsychology Department, University of RI, Kingston, RI; Behavioral & Social Sciences Dept., Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI; RI Training School, Cranston, RI; Center for Prisoner Health & Human Rights, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA.

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has become a grave threat to public health. Along with vaccination, preventive behaviors are still an important part in controlling in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to investigate health beliefs and sample characteristics associated with COVID-19 preventive health behaviors among an Iranian sample. Preventive behaviors are still an important part in controlling in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, using a multi-stage randomized sampling method. Participants (N = 250 males and 236 females) were recruited from health centers in Saveh, Iran. Self-administered questionnaires included sociodemographic information, health behaviors, and constructs associated with the Health Beliefs Model (HBM). Data were analyzed using independent t-tests, analysis of variance, and multiple regression with significance level set at α ≤ 0.05. Results: Perceived disease susceptibility (β = 0.44, P< 0.001), self-efficacy to enact preventative behaviors (β = 0.24, P < 0.01), education (β = 0.20, P < 0.001), non-smoking status (β = 0.14, P < 0.01), marital status (β = 0.10, P < 0.03), and perceived barriers to disease preventative behaviors (β = -0.10, P < 0.04) were important predictors of prevention practices for COVID-19, and accounted for 61.4% (adjusted R Conclusion: As there is accepted therapy for COVID-19, it is especially important to control COVID-19 through behavior change. Results indicate that two behavioral constructs that have the most impact on prevention are perceived disease susceptibility and self-efficacy. Therefore, public health initiatives are needed to enhance perceived susceptibility to the disease and improve self-efficacy to perform preventative behaviors in spite of perceived barriers.

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COVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesDisease SusceptibilityFemaleHumansIranMalePandemicsSurveys and QuestionnairesCoronavirusCOVID-19Health Belief ModelPreventive behavior

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