scholarly journals Identify Some of Effective Factors That Predict Self-care Behavior in Pap Smear Based on Women's Health Beliefs in City Karaj

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-230
Author(s):  
E. Hatefnia ◽  
Z. Ghazivakili ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
Care Behavior

scholarly journals Exploring the Relationship of Health Beliefs and Self-Care Behaviors Related to Diabetic Foot Ulcers of Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 7207
Author(s):  
Meng-Chien Tsai ◽  
Hsiao-Ling Chuang ◽  
Cheng-Yi Huang ◽  
Shu-Hsin Lee ◽  
Wen-Chun Liao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Health Belief ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Care Behavior

Objective: Diabetic foot ulcers are an invasive complication of diabetes and are increasing. This study investigates the relationship between health beliefs and foot self-care behaviors, among people with type II diabetes. Methods: A cross-sectional design was adopted, and 98 patients were recruited from outpatient clinics of the endocrine department. The questionnaires of Demographic, Diabetes Foot Ulcer Health Belief Scale (Health Beliefs, DFUHBS), and Diabetes Foot Self-Care Behavior Scale (Self Care, DFSBS) were used to collect data. Results: Among the subjects living alone or who had diabetes less than ten years, the score of DFSBS was significantly lower than among those living with families or who had diabetes for ten years or more. The frequency of performing diabetes foot self-care behavior, among males was lower than among females significantly. Although there was no significant difference in the Health Belief total score, there were differences in the benefit subscale. Those who had junior high school level or less or had diabetes less than ten years, their score was significantly lower than those with senior high school level or more or had diabetes ten years or more. In a multivariable regression model, living with family, diabetes duration, and health beliefs explained 42.9% of the variance of diabetic-foot self-care behaviors. Conclusions: Living alone, shorter duration of diabetes, male gender, and lower health belief scores predict less adequate diabetic foot self-care behavior. Health care providers should assess these factors when designing individual care plans.

Bridging the Gap With Choosing Wisely Recommendations: What Laboratory Topics Matter Most to Other Medical Specialty Societies?

2019 ◽  
Vol 152 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S143-S143
Author(s):  
Barbara Caldwell
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Laboratory Medicine ◽  
Choosing Wisely ◽  
Topic Area ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Smear Testing

Abstract Introduction This study sought to evaluate the nature and frequency of laboratory recommendations made by medical societies other than ASCP. Methods Review of all 2012 to 2018 ABIM Choosing Wisely (CW) non-ASCP laboratory recommendations and categorization of recommendations per topic area. Results There are 107 total recommendations made by other medical specialties that involve laboratory medicine. The most common recommendations are (1) Transfusion Medicine: to minimize transfusion of PRCs (19 recommendations, 18%); (2) Women’s Health: Pap smear testing, other women’s health testing (18 recommendations, 17%); and (3) General Laboratory: reducing repetitive routine laboratory tests (10 recommendations, 9%). Most (64, 60%) recommendations addressed screening while 29 (27%) focused on treatment and 14 (13%) were related to monitoring disease. Conclusion Almost one-half (44%) of all recommendations fell into three common areas and there were more recommendations related to screening for disease than for treatment or monitoring. For Choosing Wisely to achieve increasing success, increasing efforts are needed to disseminate this information, promote multidisciplinary effective test utilization, and encourage continued laboratory medicine recommendations from all medical stakeholders.

Women's health and the self‐care paradox: Case study and analysis

1985 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 165-174
Author(s):  
Chandice C. Harris ◽  
Phyllis Noerager Stern
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Self Care ◽  
The Self

Book Reviews: The Medical Self-Care Book of Women's Health

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-514
Author(s):  
Jeanne Parr Lemkau ◽  
Richard Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Self Care

scholarly journals The role of health beliefs and health literacy in women's health promoting behaviours based on the health belief model: a descriptive study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahla Ghorbani-Dehbalaei ◽  
Marzeyeh Loripoor ◽  
Mostafa Nasirzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Health Belief ◽  
Preventive Behaviors ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Belief Model ◽  
The Health Belief Model

Abstract Background Health literacy and health beliefs are factors that can effectively contribute to adoption of preventive behaviors among women. The present study was done to explore the role of health beliefs and health literacy in women's health promoting behaviors based on the health belief model (HBM). Methods The descriptive study was conducted in 2020 on 431 female students of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences (RUMS) who had been selected through stratified sampling. Data collection tool was a questionnaire which covered eight demographic information, 41 health literacy questions and 50 researcher-developed questions of health belief based on HBM constructs. Data were collected electronically and SPSS version 20 and independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and Multiple Linear Regression were used for data analysis at a significance level less than 0.05. Results The preventive behaviors were adopted by 75.57% of the population and the total health literacy score was found to be 52.71 out of 100. According to the Multiple regression analysis, self-efficacy (β = 0.414, p = 0.001) and cues to action (β = 0.299, p = 0.001) were found to be the first and second robust predictors of behavior, respectively. Health literacy, self-efficacy, cues to action and perceived susceptibility constructs predicted 52.1% of preventive behaviors. Conclusion It is recommended that researchers design, implement and evaluate interventions based on behavioral change theories, especially the self-efficacy theory, in order to promote women's health.

Women's health and the self‐care paradox. A model to guide self‐care readiness

1985 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 151-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyllis Noerager Stern ◽  
Chandice C. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Self Care ◽  
The Self
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