@ARTICLE{Khosravi, author = {Khosravi, Sharareh and Jahani, Farzaneh and Gazerani, Nafiseh and Eshrati, Babak and Moghimi, Morteza and }, title = {Determining knowledge and attitude of students in Arak University of medical sciences about Ecstasy based on Health Belief Model in 2006}, volume = {10}, number = {2}, abstract ={Introduction: Nowadays drug abuse is an important problem in the world. Existing data show that using drugs especially pseudo-amphetamine compounds have increased and it seems necessary to determine the knowledge of high risk groups especially youths in this field. The aim of this study is to survey knowledge and attitude of students in Arak University of medical sciences based on Health Belief Model. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional analythical study which was carried out on 100 students of medical, nursing- midway and pre-medical schools in 2006.This survey was done by completing a questionnaire including 53 questions base on health belief model. Data was analyzed using Chi square and Mann-Whitney U tests. Results: The mean age of samples was 22/3(±3/18) years which 67 persons were female. The highest obtained score was related to perceived sensivity and had a meaningful relationship with action (p }, URL = {http://jams.arakmu.ac.ir/article-1-6-en.html}, eprint = {http://jams.arakmu.ac.ir/article-1-6-en.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Arak University of Medical Sciences}, doi = {}, year = {2007} }