title: Impact of preconception health education on health locus of control and self-efficacy in women.
abstract: The preconception period is an ideal opportunity to optimize women's health. This study of women attending premarital clinics in the Islamic Republic of Iran aimed to evaluate the impact of a health education workshop on their health locus of control and self-efficacy in physical activity. The design was a randomized controlled trial with a questionnaire before and after the intervention. At post-intervention, there were significant increases in scores of internal health locus of control and self-efficacy in the experimental group (n = 109) compared to the control group (n = 101). It was concluded that a short-term health education may empower women to adopt healthy lifestyles.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. faridehbastani@yahoo.com
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bastani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashemi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bastani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haghani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007492:Iran; D008403:Mass Screening; D016742:Preconception Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011291:Premarital Examinations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020377:Self Efficacy; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology