Open AccessEffect of education based on the theory of planned behavior on adoption of oral health behaviors of pregnant women referred to health centers of Birjand in 2016
Author(s) -
Sediqe Ebrahimipour,
Hossein Ebrahimipoiur,
Fateme Alibakhshian,
Marzieh Mohamadzadeh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.195514
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , theory of planned behavior , health education , medicine , statistical significance , pregnancy , health belief model , psychology , clinical psychology , control (management) , family medicine , nursing , public health , management , biology , economics , genetics
Oral health of pregnant women is very important because of the adverse effects of pregnancy on the oral hard and soft tissues and vice versa. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of education on oral health behaviors of pregnant women based on the theory of planned behavior in Birjand.