TY - JOUR ID - 266939 TI - Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Health Belief Model among High-Risk undergraduate nursing students for Obesity JO - Egyptian Journal of Health Care JA - EJHC LA - en SN - 1687-9546 AU - Elsayed Awad Negm, Hanan AU - Gomaa Mohamed Amer, Fatma AU - Ahmed Elsayed, Amel AU - abd Elaziem Mohamed, Amel AD - Lecturer at Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port-Said University AD - Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University AD - Assist. Professor of Community Health Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University AD - Assist. Professor of Community Health Nursing Beni- Suef University, Egypt Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 13 IS - 4 SP - 1071 EP - 1086 KW - Educational intervention KW - health belief model KW - Obesity KW - Undergraduate Nursing Students DO - 10.21608/ejhc.2022.266939 N2 - Overweight and obesity are risk factors for the development of chronic diseases with at least 2.8million adults dying each year as a result of being overweight or obese. Aim: Determine the effectof educational intervention based on the health belief model among high-risk undergraduate nursingstudents for obesity. Research design: A quasi-experimental research design pre-post-test wasutilized in this study. Settings: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing at MansouraUniversity. Subjects: A purposive sample composed of 160 undergraduate nursing students who areat high risk for obesity was included. Tools of data collection: Tool (I): A Self-administeredquestionnaire, was composed of 4 parts, part one: Undergraduate nursing students' data, and part two: Undergraduate nursing students' knowledge regarding obesity. Part three: Undergraduatenursing students' self-reported practices regarding healthy food and regular exercise. Part four: Theeffects of obesity on undergraduate nursing students' lifestyle assessment sheet. Tool (II): Thehealth belief model assessment sheet. Tool (III): Anthropometric measurement to detect body massindex. Results: Revealed that more than two-fifths of undergraduate nursing students were inobesity class1, and two-fifths were in obesity class II. There was a highly significant differencebetween undergraduate nursing students' knowledge & their practices regarding obesity, healthyfood, and exercises pre & post-educational intervention based on the health belief model. Conclusion: The study concluded that educational intervention based on the health belief modelhas a positive effect on improved knowledge and practices among high-risk undergraduate nursingstudents for obesity. Recommendations: The study suggested that the educational interventionbased on the health belief model should be integrated into care among high-risk undergraduatenursing students for obesity. Conducting routine screening by measuring body mass index forundergraduate nursing students who are at high-risk for obesity. UR - https://ejhc.journals.ekb.eg/article_266939.html L1 - https://ejhc.journals.ekb.eg/article_266939_4319ccf1117c7a8b9894a2322b49788c.pdf ER -