Reinforcing the performance of health belief model using health literacy in anticipating adoption of smoking preventive behaviors in university students

Background and objective: Health literacy (HL) is associated with the adoption of preventive behaviors and has a potential effect on reinforcing the health belief model (HBM). Due to the increasing prevalence of smoking among university students, this study aimed to determine the role of HL in reinf...

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Main Authors: Rahman Panahi, Ali Ramezankhani, Mahmoud Tavousi, Aliasghar HaeriMehrizi, Shamsaddin Niknami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2018-06-01
Series:Savād-i Salāmat
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Online Access:http://literacy.ihepsa.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-114-7&slc_lang=en&sid=1