TY - JOUR T1 - The Impact of Educational Intervention to Increase Self Efficacy and Awareness for the Prevention of Domestic Violence Against Women TT - تاثیر مداخله آموزشی بر افزایش خودکارآمدی و آگاهی زنان برای پیشگیری از خشونت خانگی JF - Iran-J-Health-Educ-Health-Promot JO - Iran-J-Health-Educ-Health-Promot VL - 3 IS - 1 UR - http://journal.ihepsa.ir/article-1-173-en.html Y1 - 2015 SP - 32 EP - 38 KW - Prevention of domestic violence KW - Self-efficacy KW - Awareness KW - Women KW - Gorgan. N2 - Background and objective:Violence against women are commonly seenthroughout the world. Studies showed that violence is related to self-efficacy. Therefore, this study was aimed to determine the effect of an educational intervention to increase self-efficacy and awareness for the prevention of domestic violence against women in the Gorgan city, Iran. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was designed with pre-and post-test on 91 married women under the aegis ofthe Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation (IKRF) in Gorgan in winter and spring of 2012-2013. Tools for gathering data includeddemographic information, General self-Efficacy questionnaire and a questionnaire about awareness of violence. Based on the results of the pretest, the educational contentwas prepared. Post-test was conducted 40 days later, after 3 educational sessions. Using SPSS16and analytical test such as the paired t-test data were analyzed. Results: The mean age of subjects were 37.37±12.13 years. The scores means of self-efficacy (p M3 ER -