Adopting Health Belief Model to Improve Female Employees’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Preventive Behaviors regarding Vitamin D Deficiency
Mohamed Kishk, D., Elemam Hafeze, F., Shokry Alemam, D., Nabeh Taref, N., Samy Bauomy, E. (2023). Adopting Health Belief Model to Improve Female Employees’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Preventive Behaviors regarding Vitamin D Deficiency. EKB Journal Management System, 14(4), 72-89. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.324832
Dalia Mohamed Kishk; Fatma Elemam Hafeze; Doaa Shokry Alemam; Nagwa Nabeh Taref; Eman Samy Bauomy. "Adopting Health Belief Model to Improve Female Employees’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Preventive Behaviors regarding Vitamin D Deficiency". EKB Journal Management System, 14, 4, 2023, 72-89. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.324832
Mohamed Kishk, D., Elemam Hafeze, F., Shokry Alemam, D., Nabeh Taref, N., Samy Bauomy, E. (2023). 'Adopting Health Belief Model to Improve Female Employees’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Preventive Behaviors regarding Vitamin D Deficiency', EKB Journal Management System, 14(4), pp. 72-89. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.324832
Mohamed Kishk, D., Elemam Hafeze, F., Shokry Alemam, D., Nabeh Taref, N., Samy Bauomy, E. Adopting Health Belief Model to Improve Female Employees’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Preventive Behaviors regarding Vitamin D Deficiency. EKB Journal Management System, 2023; 14(4): 72-89. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.324832

Adopting Health Belief Model to Improve Female Employees’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Preventive Behaviors regarding Vitamin D Deficiency

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 14, Issue 4, December 2023, Page 72-89  XML PDF (721.5 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.324832
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Authors
Dalia Mohamed Kishk1; Fatma Elemam Hafeze2; Doaa Shokry Alemam3; Nagwa Nabeh Taref1; Eman Samy Bauomy1
1Lecturer, Community Health Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt
2Assistant Professor, Community Health Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt
3Assistant Professor, Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is a serious public health issue, particularly among women, due to a lack of knowledge regarding the importance of Vitamin D (VD) and the method of preventing its deficiency. The research aimed to investigate the effect of adopting health belief model to improve female employees’ knowledge, beliefs, and preventive behaviors regarding vitamin D deficiency. Method: A structured educational intervention based on HBM was implemented using a quasi-experimental study among 300 female employees from 14 faculties affiliated to Mansoura University in Egypt using stratified sampling with a proportional allocation technique. Tools: A self-administered structured questionnaire consisting of five parts was used for data collection before and three months after the intervention. The intervention involved group education, counseling, and follow-up. Results: There were statistically significant differences in mean scores of total knowledge, VDD-preventive behaviors, and HBM constructs before and three months after the intervention with P≤0.001. Three months following the intervention, there was a statistically significant positive connection with (p≤ 0.001) between total knowledge, total VDD-preventive behavior, and HBM constructs scores. Also, there were statistically significant differences between participants’ knowledge scores regarding VD and VDD with employees’ age, occupation, and years of experience in the pre and post-test with p ≤0.001. As well, there were statistically significant differences between participants’ VDD-preventive behaviors with their occupation and level of education in the pre- and post-test with p≤0.001 and p=0.006 respectively. Moreover, there were statistically significant differences between participants’ health belief scores with their age, working place, occupation, income, years of experience, medical and medications history in the pre- and post-test p<0.05. Conclusions: Implementing educational intervention based on HBM improves the female employees’ knowledge regarding VD and VDD, contributes to the advancement in all constructs of the health belief model, and positively affects their VDD-preventive behaviors. Recommendations: Health Belief Model constructs should be an essential part of the existing VDD management program. More research is needed to continue investigating the effectiveness of HBM for a longer period of follow-up time after the intervention.
Keywords
Health Belief Model; Vitamin D deficiency; Female employee
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