Effects of health education employing health belief model on health behavior of population with high risk of stroke / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effects of health education employing health belief model on health behavior of population with high risk of stroke.Methods 92 people with high risk of stroke were randomly divided into the control group(47 cases) and the intervention group(45 cases).The intervention group received health education employing health belief model while the control group got routine health education.The health behavior of both groups were assessed before the treatment and after six-month treatment.Results The health behavior of the intervention group was significantly better than that of the control group after intervention except the domain of nutrition and spiritual growth.Conclusions Health belief model can improve health behavior of the population with high risk of stroke.