Efficacy of Health Belief Model-Based Training in Changing the Beliefs about Substance use

Abstract

Background: Substance use problems are associated with capitalizes health retro gradation, weakness and death due to impacts and exceed.

Aims of the study: The purpose of this study was to identify the efficacy of health belief model based training in changing the beliefs about substance use among university students at Mosul City.

Methodology: This study is based on experimental design by using the random controlled trial approach is conducted. A probability (simple random sample) of (N=80) undergraduate student. Data were gathered in 1st of October / 2019 till 12 of May / 2020 using a questionnaire method. The instrument consist of two parts; part I, involved, to describe the student's socio-demographic characteristic such as (age, gender, grade, college, socioeconomic status) the part II, involved the using scale to measure students' beliefs towards of substance use.

Results: demonstrated that the results of study the mean ± SD age of the study group and control group was (23.37 ± 2.09) and (23.70 ± 2.04) respectively. In addition, the same table demonstrated that majority of participant were normal body weight, the overall mean (± SD) of the body mass index were (21.23 ± 2.53), and the Mean scores and the Standard Deviations for the variables under the study were changed among participant's over times.

Conclusion: This study concluded that designing an HBM-based study could affect students' understanding and their behaviors in the field of substance abuse.

Recommendations: This study recommended there is a need to conduct future studies based on the Health Belief Model on large number of the Iraqi population with the goal of changing People's behavior about addiction.