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Diabetes is a chronic disease of lifelong duration, and its management requires a fundamental change in the patient’s lifestyle. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a health education program on the knowledge, behavior, HBA1c and health related quality of life of diabetic patients after following the patients’ participation in the program. The study population consisted of type 2 diabetic patients attending at Bandar Abbas diabetic clinic. Eighty patients were randomly selected and they were randomly assigned to two groups, 40 to the intervention and 40 to the control group. At the initial visit and 4 months after education, knowledge and behavior were assessed by questionnaire HBA1c measured by colorimetric method and health-related quality of life assessed by means of WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. The education sessions for intervention group were held at diabetic clinic. The 40 patients that assigned to the control group gave the appropriate consent and completed questionnaires at baseline and after 4 months. The intervention group had statistically significant increase in the mean of knowledge score from 6.7 to 15.8(p=0.000), physical health from 64.7 to 77.2 (p=0.000) and psychological health from 56 to 71.4(p=0.000) and had statistically significant reduction in the mean of HBA1c from 9.4 to 8.2 (p= 0.000).Also the intervention group had statistically significant increase in self-monitoring blood glucose, weight monitoring, exercise and diet. Patients in control group showed no significant changes in the outcomes measured except for knowledge.

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Background and aim: Oral and dental diseases limit an individual&aposs activities at the school, work place and home, leading to a loss of millions of work and school hours all over the world. The period of adolescence is critical as regards shaping of healthy behaviors related to oral and dental diseases. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe school pupils&apos viewpoints on factors influencing development of dental caries.  

Materials and Methods: A qualitative study with a content analysis approach was conducted to collect the perspectives of 18 Iranian students in 8 guidance schools selected by purposive sampling. Structured and semi-structured interviews were held to collect data. An informed consent was obtained and the interviews were recorded and transcribed. The data was analyzed through an inductive approach of content analysis. In order to support the validity and rigor of the data, different criteria such as acceptability, confirmability and transferability were utilized.

Results: Data analysis could identify four major factors influencing dental caries development: "family interactions in dental health", "role of school in caring for teeth", "role of dentists in caring for teeth" and "effect of education in caring for teeth". The factors influencing caring for teeth and mouth had a greater significance.

Conclusion: The students&apos experiences, as observed in this study, can help in developing mutual trust between students and dentists, delivering better services in schools by relevant organizations, and designing more effective oral health interventions, with due consideration of vital role of the parents.

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Background and Aim: Cancer is the third cause of mortality in Iran, killing more than 30000 persons annually. The Motivation Theory is a useful approach for predicting and planning intervention programs to change behaviors related to cancer prevention and early detection. Considering the absence of a valid and reliable protection motivation theory questionnaire for cancer early detection in Iran, this study was conducted to design such a questionnaire and assess its psychometric properties in Yazd

Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was designed based on similar questionnaires currently in use and its validity and reliability were determined. The reliability coefficients were calculated by Cronbach α and intraclass correlation coefficients. To determine the validity of the scale, two methods were used, namely, face validity and content validity. Confirmation factor analysis was used to determine factorial validity using Amous 21 software .

Results: The CVR for all items of the questionnaire, CVI, ICC and internal consistency of the questionnaire were found to be 1, 0.97-1.0, 0.71-0.98, and 0.65-0.93, respectively. The confirmation factor analysis revealed that the questionnaire fitted the Iranian population. The Cronbach alpha coefficient for the questionnaire constructs varied between 0.71-0.98 and 0.65-0.93

Conclusion: The validity and reliability of the Persian version of PMT scale for cancer early detection are acceptable and suitable, so it can be used in similar research.