Effectiveness of a sex education program for mothers of adolescent girls based on Health Belief Model on mothers’ knowledge, attitude, and behaviour

Abstract

Background: Despite importance of sexual education for youngsters, no standard and culture-based sex education protocol is available in Iran. We designed a brief intervention using the Health Belief Model on improving sexual education delivered by mothers to adolescent girls. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of this intervention on mothers' knowledge, attitude, and behaviour.