EFFECT OF MIDWIFERY COUNSELING BASED ON HEALTH BELIEF MODEL ON BLOOD FACTORS IN PREGNANT MOTHERS ANEMIC OF URMIA

Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of malnutrition around the world,
despite the fact that about half of women and children in developing countries can be prevented and
more than 30% of Iranian women suffer from this disease. Therefore, the aim of this study was to
determine the effect of health education based on health belief model on blood factors in anemic
pregnant mothers.
Materials & Methods: The present study was an interventional study with pre-test and post-test control
group. Subjects were selected from 90 pregnant women with low hemoglobin levels below 11 mg / dl
(6-10 weeks) (45 subjects, 45 controls) were randomly assigned to health centers in Urmia. The data
collection tool was demographic information questionnaire. Initially, a pre-test was conducted and then,
educational-based sessions were conducted in the intervention group. Blood hemoglobin levels were
measured in the first two groups according to the CBC request of the center, the second one month after
the intervention and the third time in the weeks 30-26. The collected data were related to blood factors
and questionnaires in two the data were analyzed using SPSS-20 software, independent t-test, paired ttest
and Chi-square test. P <0.05 was considered significant.
Results: According to the results of the study, there was no significant difference between the
intervention and control groups in terms of demographic variables. After intervention, the mean of blood
factors in the intervention group was significantly increased (P <0. 05).
Conclusion: The findings of this study showed the effectiveness of education with the health belief
intervention framework in increasing the mean blood factors of pregnant women. The researchers
recommend studying educational interventions based on this model