Determinants of Dairy Use Status and Effective Factors on Consumption Behaviors on the basis of Health Belief Model (HBM) among Health Care Providers of Health Centers in Urmia

Health care providers are considered as the pioneer forces of health system, thus their health promotion through establishing correct nutrition behaviors, especially dairy consumption by using the most efficient models like Health Belief Model (HBM) has been paid attention. This study was conducted with the purpose of investigating the determinants of dairy use status and effective factors on consumption behaviors on the basis of HBF among health care providers of health centers n Urmia, Iran.

Throughout this descriptive-analytical study, 303 health care providers working in the health centers of Urmia, were included in the study by the counting sampling method, on the basis of inclusion criteria of the study. The instruments of data collection were researcher-made reliable and validated questionnaires in three groups of: personal profile, consumption status of different types of dairy, and (HBM). Data were collected by using the structured interviews, then ultimately analysed  as well as the descriptive analytical tests.
 Among the structures of  (HBM), the dimension of self-efficiency showed significant relationship with the score of the dairy consumption behavior .  there was a meaningful significant relationship between the mean score of dairy consumption behavior with the occupational status, marital status, and ethnicity the structures of HBM indicated 20% of the variance of the dairy consumption behavior. The predicting power of perceived self-efficiency was more than other structures of the model.

The role of self-efficacy is effective in promoting dairy consumption behavior.HBM for educational interventions by officials and policy makers  would be helpful.