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Abstract Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are frequently encountered and recurrent in pregnancy posing a great therapeutic challenge and serious complications in the mother and fetus. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of health beliefs model-based education on the control of urinary infection among pregnant women. Design: Quazi-experimental descriptive design was adopted. Sample: purposive sampling was used to recruit 100 pregnant women attending at primary health care (PHC) centers in Ismailia city. They were divided into an intervention group (50) and control group (50). Tools: Data were collected before and 3 month after intervention using a structured interviewing questionnaire, UTI Symptoms Assessment questionnaire (UTISA) and urine analysis and culture record. Results: After intervention the mean scores of knowledge, practices and health beliefs of the study group showed a significant increase compared to the control group (p= < 0.001). The recurrence rate after 3 months reduced among study group compared to controls (14%vs 32%). Symptoms severity and bothersomeness decreased significantly after intervention among study group compared to control group especially regarding incomplete bladder emptying, urination frequency (< 0.001, and 0.001) and botherness (< 0.001, and 0.004). Conclusion, low level of UTI risk perception was associated with poor practices and recurrence of UTI during pregnancy, and utilization of HBM in educating pregnant women with UTI proved to improve knowledge, practices, and beliefs towards the disease in addition to control UTI in pregnancy. Recommendations provide health education program about UTIs based on HBM during pregnancy. Periodical screening of pregnant women for early detection and proper treatment. |