Title : The effect of educational intervention on parental care in pregnant women attended to health centers
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to find out the effect of education based on Health Belief Model and social support on parental care of pregnant women. The present study is a quasi- experimental study which 90 women (45 intervention and 45 controls) who were randomly selected from health centers were rolled. The results of the findings showed that there is a significant difference at the first post-test, 3 months and 6 months after the intervention between the intervention and control group concerning knowledge, health belief and social support and parental care. (P<0.05). The findings of the research indicated that the average score of all components before and after the intervention were statistically significant (P<0.01). Six months after the intervention, the average behavior in experimental group increased by 14.36% (P<0.001). Comparing birth weight, there was a significant difference between experimental and control groups after the intervention. The components of the Health Belief Model and Social support are able to predict 78% of the variance of parental care. According to the path analysis, social support (0.466), self-efficacy (0.389), perceived severity (0.263) and perceived susceptibility ( 0.205 had the highest effect on parental care. This study showed that the effectiveness of HBM and social support structure to improvement and continuation of parental care.
