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Study aim
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Determining the effect of the educational intervention based on the integration of the theory of planned behavior and the theory of social cognition on performing health behaviors before pregnancy of single-child couples
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Design
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Clinical trial with control group, with parallel groups, randomized
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Settings and conduct
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This study will be conducted in Mashhad. Eligible people for the study will be extracted through the electronic system in health centers and will be randomly divided into two intervention and control groups, the intervention group will receive the designed training. The control group will also receive routine pre-pregnancy care in women.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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inclusion criteria:Iranians and residents of Mashhad city, age 15-50 for men and 18-45 years for women with a single child at least 12 months old, having a health record in comprehensive health service centers, having at least elementary education. Declaration of consent to participate in Research. Criteria for exclusion from the study: withdrawal of one or both of the couples from continuing to cooperate in the research, secondary infertility, failure to participate in one or more of the training sessions, absolute and relative prohibition for pregnancy, incomplete completion of the questionnaire
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Intervention groups
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The intervention group will receive group training with lectures, group discussions and questions and answers. The control group will receive routine pre-pregnancy education
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Main outcome variables
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awareness, attitude, self-efficacy, behavioral intention, abstract norm, outcome expectation, facilitating conditions, Health behavior before pregnancy