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Objective(s): Logbook is an important tool for learning, monitoring and evaluating students' periodic activities during their internship. According to the revised curriculum of the master's degree in health education and health promotion, the present study was conducted with the aim of development an educational logbook. According to the revision of the curriculum of the master's degree in health education and health promotion, the present study was conducted to design an educational logbook for the internship course of the master's degree in health education and health promotion. Methods: This developmental study was conducted using the Delphi technique from 2018 to 2022 in the form of 10 face-to-face and 3 virtual meetings. In this research, the participation of specialized board members, heads of department, faculty members and students of medical sciences universities of the country was used with the convenience sampling method. At first, the chapters of internships were extracted according to the curriculum of the master's degree in health education and health promotion and analyzed based on Bloom's classification in three cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral domains, and then the intended activities were designed. Results: In this research, 39 activities in the 5 fields (according to the approved curriculum) were compiled as activities needed by students in the form of a log book. 11 activities were determined for comprehensive health service centers, 10 activities for media, 7 activities for workplaces, 7 activities for community and 4 activities in the areas of needs assessment, development, implementation and evaluation. Conclusion: According to the designed log book, it is expected the end of internship, the students will learn the different stages of an educational intervention, including needs assessment; Practice design, implementation or evaluation according to any internship environment or field and improve their abilities.

Objective (s): Diabetes and its chronic complications is one of the major public health issues worldwide. The present study aimed to use photovoice in pre-diabetic people to design health promoting lifestyle educational content. :. Methods: This community-based participatory research was performed on 40 pre-diabetic participants in Hoveizeh health centers, Khozestan Province, Iran in 2018. Photovoice was used to better understand pre-diabetic adults about their experiences. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. All data were recorded and analyzed through content analysis based on narratives. Results: Data analysis revealed four main themes including daily living needs, neglect of the disease, education and provision of health care, lack of support to adapt physical environment. Conclusion: In designing educational content, it is necessary to place more emphasis on the four main themes extracted from the experiences of pre-diabetic people in order to provide more comprehensive services by health care personnel.

Objective (s): Motorcyclists are vulnerable to traffic accidents. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Brief Scale of Unsafe Behaviors of motorcyclists. Methods: This was a cross sectional study of 110 motorcyclists referred to the Persian Gulf clearance headquarters Tehran, Iran in year 2017. Demographics and Persian version of the motorcycle unsafe behavior data was used from Zamani F., et al. studies. The exploratory factor analysis and Cronbachchr('39')s alpha coefficient were used to assess the validity and reliability using SPSS 25 software. Results: The result of KMO test after deleting 4 out of 11 questions indicated the adequacy of sample size (0.824). The results of Bartlettchr('39')s test of sphericity showed that the data were appropriate (p

Objective (s): Many cancer cases are diagnosed in late stages. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the colorectal cancer screening scale in people under 50 years old. Methods: A sample of male and females selected by randomized blocking method and completed the screening questionnaire. For reliability and validity, the Cronbachchr('39')s alpha, composite reliability, Fornell-Larker matrix and second-order confirmatory factor analysis were using Smart-PLS (Partial least squares) software were used. Results: In all 160 people aged 30 to 50 years old completed the questionnaire. The mean age of the participants was 37.56 ± 5.67 years. The majority 101 were female, most (88.1%) were married and only 46 had a university education. By eliminating 15 questions from 37 colorectal cancer screening questions, the model was fitted appropriately. Also, the divergent and convergent validity of the model was confirmed. Response efficiency and perceived self-efficacy had maximum and minimum factor loading respectively (0.35 and 0.19). The total Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.86 and the composite reliability coefficients were higher than 0.7 and were at the optimum level. Conclusion: The results shown that the colorectal cancer screening scale with 22 items had acceptable validity and reliability. The scale allows us to have a better perception of the factors affecting colorectal cancer screening.

Objective (s): Promoting mental health is a global priority. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between behaviors related to healthy lifestyle with the psychological distress of adults based on stages of change construct. Methods: This descriptive-study was conducted on 261 adults admitted to the health centers of Ahwaz, Iran. Stratified random sampling was employed. Data was collected by a questionnaire. Health promoting lifestyle was measured in five subscales (anthropometric status, food groups, dietary habits, physical activity, and substance and drug abuse). Psychological distress was measured based on the Kesslerchr('39')s scale. The stages of change construct also were recorded. The data were analyzed using independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance. Results: The findings indicated that the mean scores of psychological distress in women versus men, employed versus unemployed, those who do daily walking versus not walking individuals, salt users versus not using salt, dairy products users versus not using dairy products, daily fruit consumers versus not using daily fruit, and those who were in different stages of lifestyle was significantly higher. (P < or = 0.001). Conclusion: The findings indicated that there were relationship between healthy life style and psychological well-being.

Objective (s): Childhood obesity and sedentary lifestyle are one of the most serious public health challenges. Physical activity and exercise are an important way to prevent obesity and its consequences. The purpose of this study was to evaluate factors affecting physical activity in female high school students.Methods: The Pender’s health promotion model served as the framework for this cross-sectional study, which included a total of 500 female high school students in Kashan, Iran. The data were collected through interviews. The interviewers were conducted based on health promotion model (self efficacy, perceived affect, perceived barriers, perceived social support, self-esteem). The data were explored using path analysis. Results: All constructs of the health promotion model except perceived barriers were significantly related to the girls’ physical activity. Self-esteem (β=0. 46, p

Objective (s): Health-promoting behaviors of individuals are important determinants of health status. The objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Iranian version of health-promoting lifestyle profile II (HPLP II) among adolescent girls. Methods: Pender's Health Promotion Model was the theoretical framework for this cross-sectional study of a sample of 500 high school girls (grade9-11), in Kashan, Iran. The HPLP II reliability was estimated using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient and test-retest. Concurrent validity was estimated by performing Pearson’s correlation between the HPLP II, and the 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), perceived self-efficacy. In addition confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed in order to evaluate construct validity. The data were analyzed using SPSS v.18 and LISREL8.8 programs.Results: The Cronbach’s α coefficient was 0.86 for the instrument and for subscales ranged from 0.70 to 0.77. The correlation between the HPLP II and the SF-12 and perceived self-efficacy were significant as expected. The confirmatory factor analysis yielded a good estimate of fit (χ2=6.34، df =2، P = 0.420،NFI = 0.99، CFI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.066).Conclusion: The psychometric properties of Iranian version of HPLP II showed satisfactory results and now it can be used in studies of health promotion among young adolescents.