ABSTRACT The aim of the present research was to investigate the effect of a health education intervention on promoting skin cancer preventive behaviours (SCPBs) among rural farmers in Illam, Iran during May to July 2017. A sample of 248 participants, where each participant was randomly assigned into either the experimental (n = 124) or control (n = 124) group. The experimental group received eighteducational sessions (lectures, question and answer sessions, field training, pamphlets, posters). All participants completed a researcher designed questionnaire. In the experimental group a significant difference was observed between all scales (perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, rewards, response efficacy, self-efficacy, response costs, and protection motivation) before, immediately after, and two months after the intervention (p > 0.05). The present findings support the effectiveness of interventions based on PMT to change attitudes and behaviours related to skin cancer among rural farmers.

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伊朗西部伊拉姆农村农民的皮肤癌预防行为：应用保护动机理论

摘要本研究的目的是调查健康教育干预措施对2017年5月至2017年7月在伊朗伊拉姆的农村农民促进皮肤癌预防行为（SCPBs）的影响。样本为248名参与者，每个参与者随机分为实验组（n = 124）或对照组（n = 124）。实验小组接受了八次教育会议（讲座，问答环节，现场培训，小册子，海报）。所有参与者均完成了研究人员设计的问卷。在实验组中，干预前，干预后和干预后两个月，所有量表（感知敏感性，感知严重性，奖励，反应功效，自我效能，反应成本和保护动机）之间均存在显着差异（p> 0.05） ）。