Heart Diseases
Conditions
Keywords
Expanded Health Belief Model, Heart-Health-Preventive Behaviors, High School Female Students
Brief summary
The researchers intend to use the Expanded Health Belief Model in enhancing heart-health preventive behaviors among high school female students
Detailed description
The study intervention will be derived from the Expanded Health Belief Model which includes adhering to healthy diet, encouraging healthy weight, nutrition, and physical activity stress management, and smoking cessation and smoking avoidance.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALExpanded Health Belief Model-Based Intervention
A healthy Diet Healthy Weight Physical Activity Stress Management Smoking Cessation and Avoidance
Sponsors
University of Baghdad
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
Students in the control group will be masked from any form of the proposed intervention arms.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
15 Years to 20 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* High school female students who do not experience any psychiatric-mental disorder
Exclusion criteria
* High school female students who experience any psychiatric-mental disorder
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Intention Scale for Adherence to Heart-Health Preventive Behaviors | 6 months | Enhancing Heart-Health Preventive Behaviors |
Countries
Iraq
Outcome results
None listed