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Majid Barati, Ayub Yarmohammadi, Shayan Mostafaei, Zhara Gholi, Samyra Razani, Sayde Sadate Miry Hazave. Evaluating the relationship between attitudes and beliefs, influencing fast-food eating among students of Hamadan University of medical sciences. J Health Syst Res 2014; 10 (3) :500-508
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Majid Barati 
1, Ayub Yarmohammadi2 , Shayan Mostafaei3 , Zhara Gholi4 , Samyra Razani5 , Sayde Sadate Miry Hazave5
1, Ayub Yarmohammadi2 , Shayan Mostafaei3 , Zhara Gholi4 , Samyra Razani5 , Sayde Sadate Miry Hazave5
1- PhD Student of Health Education and Health Improvement, Department of public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
2- MSc Student of Food Safe and Hygiene, Department of Food Science & Technology , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran (Corresponding Author) Email: yarmohammadi.dulcet@gmail.com
3- MSc Student of Division of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4- MSc Student of Public Health Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
5- BSc of Public health, Department of Public Health , Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
2- MSc Student of Food Safe and Hygiene, Department of Food Science & Technology , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran (Corresponding Author) Email: yarmohammadi.dulcet@gmail.com
3- MSc Student of Division of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4- MSc Student of Public Health Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
5- BSc of Public health, Department of Public Health , Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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Background: Nowadays, eating fast food among youth is one of the health issues in Iran as well as other countries around the world, and nearly one-third of these people eat such food. This study was meant to evaluate attitudes, normative and control beliefs as well as self-efficacy of students regarding consumption of fast food among students of Hamadan University of medical sciences.Methods: This is a descriptive-analytic and cross-sectional study which was carried out on 250 students in 2012. Students completed a researcher-made questionnaire that its reliability and validity were certified. Data were collected and were analyzed using SPSS 16.Findings: There seen a significant correlation between students’ attitudes with their type of diet and living place. Moreover, normative beliefs had significant correlations with gender and education of students. Also, there found a significant correlation between self-efficacy of students with their age and gender. Indeed, females more like to eat fast food than males. Control beliefs showed no relations with any of the studied variables.Conclusion: Data from this study indicates that fast food consumption is high among dormitory residents and males represents the need to correct the attitudes and beliefs in relation to fast food consumotion among students.Key Words: Fast-Food, Attitudes, Control Beliefs, Normative Beliefs, Self-Efficacy
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
education health and promotion
Received: 2020/07/16 | Accepted: 2014/10/15 | Published: 2014/10/15
Received: 2020/07/16 | Accepted: 2014/10/15 | Published: 2014/10/15
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