THE EFFECT OF HEALTH EDUCTION IN PROMOTING HEALTH OF HAIRDRESSERS ABOUT HEPATITIS B BASED ON HEALTH BELIEF MODEL

Hepatitis b (hb) is an infectious disease occurring worldwide which can betransferred by some professions, including hairdressers. health education is an essentialcomponent of public health campaign about this disease. the purpose of this study was to testthe utility of the health belief model (hbm) in understanding and predicating the intention ofhairdressers in prevention of hb in their clients. a quasi-experin1ental study was conducted to140 hairdressers (70 men and 70 women) in yazd, iran. all subjects were divided into twogroups: case group (35 men and 35 women) and control group (35 men and 35 women). aresearcher designed questionnaire according to the framework of hbm was developed, pilottestedand then completed before and after intervention. there was significant differencebetween the mean grade scores of knowledge of case group before and after intervention (p <0.0001). the perceived threat of case group were also increased from 9.8 to 10.61 afterintervention, but the perceived threat of control group were decreased from 9.97 to 9. the hbmmay offer an effective foundation for development of an educational intervention program inhairdressers for prevention ofhb in their clients.