Prenatal Care Behaviors Status among Pregnant Women Using by BASNEF Model

authors:

avatar S. Mohammad Mahdi Hazavehei 1 , avatar Tahere Etesamifard 2 , * , avatar Babak Moeini 3 , avatar Ghodratollah Roshanaei 4

Department of Health Education, Health Science Research Center , Faculty of Health, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences , Hamedan, Iran
Department of Health Education, Health Science Research Center , Faculty of Health, Hamedan Univ ersity of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Hamedan, Iran
Department of Health Education, Health Science Research Center , Faculty of Health, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran
Department of Biostatistics, Health Science Research Center, Faculty of Health, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran
Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences: Vol.16, issue 10(suppl)
published online: July 29, 2013
article type: Short Communication
received: November 15, 2012
accepted: December 26, 2012

How To Cite Hazavehei S M M, Etesamifard T, Moeini B, Roshanaei G. Prenatal Care Behaviors Status among Pregnant Women Using by BASNEF Model. Zahedan J Res Med Sci. 2014;16(10(suppl)): -. 

Abstract

Background: The aim of the study was to determine the prenatal care behaviors status among pregnant women using by BASNEF model.
Materials and Methods: This Descriptive-Analytical study was carried out on 360 pregnant women in their 28th-42th week of pregnancy, attending health care centers for the study using random sampling selection method. Data-gathering tools consisted of a 2-part questionnaire: demographic variables and one scales for measuring prenatal care based on the BASNEF constructs. Inferential and descriptive statistics via SPSS-16 software was used for data analysis.
Results: The subjects reported 92.5, 94.3, 62.7, 73.4 and 90.2% of receivable scores of attitude, subjective norms, behavioral intention, enabling factors and prenatal care behaviors scores, respectively. In liner regression, factors influencing prenatal care behaviors were subjective norms, intention and enabling factors (p< 0.05).
Conclusions: Regarding the results, status of prenatal care behaviors are related meaningfully indicating that pregnant women should be considered as vulnerable group.

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