title: A Survey of Knowledge, Individual Perceived Risk, General Perceived Risk, and Behavioral Intentions Regarding Hepatitis B among Students in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health at Shahrekord Islamic Azad University in 2014.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hepatitis B is the most common cause of liver disease, and medical students are a risk group for the disease given their future occupations.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to assess of predictors of hepatitis B in the Faculty of nursing, midwifery and health at Shahrekord Islamic Azad University in 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was conducted with 300 students from the Faculty of nursing, midwifery and health at Shahrekord Islamic Azad University. The students answered questionnaires with items covering demographic characteristics, individual knowledge, public risk perception, perceived personal risk, and behavioral intentions regarding hepatitis B. The data were analyzed with SPSS version 18 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean knowledge score of the students was 4.77 ± 1.71, the mean public risk perception score was 24.22 ± 3.44, the mean perceived personal risk score was 6.51 ± 1.97, and the mean behavioral intention score was 12.06 ± 2.97. There were significant differences in the mean knowledge scores in terms of gender, level of awareness, and level of education. There were also differences in the mean behavioral intention scores in terms of gender and field of study, the mean perceived personal risk scores in terms of level of education and field of study, and the mean public risk perception scores in terms of field of study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the results of this study, it is necessary to implement educational intervention in order to allow students to identify risk factors and overcome barriers to understanding the implications of the disease in this context.
authors.affiliation: School of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Zohreh
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Karimiankakolaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services, School of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Hossein
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Baghianimoghadam
authors.affiliation: School of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Sakineh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gerayllo
authors.affiliation: Nursing student, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sheikh Samani
authors.affiliation: Nursing student, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Hajar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hadipour
keywords: Behavioral Intentions; Hepatitis B; Knowledge; Perceived Risk; Students