@ARTICLE{Aghamolaei, author = {Hosseini, Fatemehsadat and Farshidi, Hossein and Aghamolaei, Teamur and Madani, Abdolhossain and Ghanbarnejad, Amin and }, title = {The Impact of an Educational Intervention Based On PRECEDE - PROCEED Model on Lifestyle Changes among Hypertension Patients}, volume = {2}, number = {1}, abstract ={Background and objective: Hypertension is constantly increasing in different societies. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of educational intervention based on PRECEDE – PROCEED model on the lifestyle changes among hypertension patients in rural health centers of the Jahrom county. Methods: In this experimental study, 40 patients were in the intervention group and 40 patients in the control group. Educational intervention was designed based on PRECEDE – PROCEED model and implemented on the intervention group. The instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire including questions on demographic characteristics and PRECEDE - PROCEED constructs. Data were gathered before and 2 months after the intervention. Data were analyzed using independent sample t-test, paired sample t-test and chi-square test using SPSS19 software. Results: After the intervention, the intervention group than the control group scores of predisposing factors (knowledge and attitudes), reinforcing factors and enabling factors increased significantly among intervention group (p }, URL = {http://journal.ihepsa.ir/article-1-124-en.html}, eprint = {http://journal.ihepsa.ir/article-1-124-en.pdf}, journal = {Iranian Journal of Health Education and Health Promotion}, doi = {}, year = {2014} }