Lifestyle in Female Teachers: Educational Intervention Based on Self-Efficacy Theory in the South of Fars Province, Iran

Table 1

Summary of training sessions based on self-efficacy theory to improve health-promoting lifestyles.

First session	Health responsibility	Lectures to create an inner interest in increasing self-efficacy in a health-promoting lifestyle and that all people are responsible for their own health, along with providing educational pamphlets.
Second session	Stress management, self-actualization	“Reminding of direct experiences (skill experience)” as the main factor of self-efficacy and training stress management and self-fulfillment strategies.
Third session	Nutrition and physical activity	Using the “succession experiences” factor to help participants recall successful experiences.; We asked successful people in the class (teachers) who have had successful experiences in promoting health behaviors (such as having a successful diet or exercising regularly) to share their experiences with others.
Fourth session	Stress management and self-actualization	Verbal and nonverbal persuasion through the practice of previous sessions to control stress and self-actualization strategies. Encouraging participants to build interpersonal relationships in the same session and giving positive feedback to the participants’ discussions with each other.
Fifth session	Interpersonal relationships, health responsibility	Using interactive speech to create a positive mood by encouraging friendly relationships in participants to implement successfully a health-promoting lifestyle plan. We asked them to adjust their decisions to smaller, more accessible steps and hold themselves accountable for their decisions. We encouraged them with the successful completion of part of the program.
Sixth session	Physical activity, nutrition, stress management	We allowed individuals to express their thoughts and feelings when engaging in physical activity, following a healthy diet, and performing stress management practices, thus providing them with feedback on their condition.