Effectiveness of an educational intervention on improving health-promoting behaviors and quality of life among health volunteers: Application the BASNEF Model

This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention on health promoting behaviors to improve and quality of life among health volunteers.
This experimental study conducted on 200 health volunteers of health centers in Tehran, Iran. The intervention included six educational sessions each lasting for 30-45 minutes. Follow up assessment performed six month later. Study instruments included the Health-promoting Behaviors (HPLP-II), Quality of life (SF-36) and a designed questionnaire based on the BAZNEF constructs.
The findings revealed that, before intervention, there were no significant differences in demographics, and health-promoting behaviors between two groups (p>0.05). After the intervention, mean scores of the BASNEF model constructs, health-promoting behaviors, and quality of life (except for role emotional and mental health) increased significantly in the intervention group (p The study results revealed that the BASNEF-based intervention was effective in improving health promoting behaviors and quality of life among health volunteers.