en Health Health Original Research Original Research <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background: </strong>Adolescence is a critical stage of growth and development. That is associated with changes in body shape and appearance. Issues such as irregular menstrual periods, amenorrhea, and menstrual cycle are major issues in women&#39;s health. The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of physical puberty health based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) among female adolescents.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>&nbsp; Methods:</strong> This analytical cross sectional study was conducted in welfare boarding centers in Tehran, Iran. Data were collected in 2011 by a structured and valid questionnaire. Total 61 female adolescents (age range: 12-19 yrs) participated in this study from welfare boarding centers in Iran, Tehran, by using convenience sampling method. The questionnaire consisted of demographic characteristics, health belief model constructs and physical puberty health behaviors gathered by using interview. A series of univariate general linear models were used to assess the relationship between puberty health and health belief model constructs.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>&nbsp; Results: </strong>According to the results of this study there were positive significant relationships between perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action and increased puberty health in female adolescents (p<0.05). Perceived benefits, perceived barriers and cues to action were predictors of physical puberty health behaviors.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>&nbsp; Conclusion:</strong> Based on the results of the study to improve the physical Puberty health behaviors of female adolescents should make them aware of the benefits of health behaviors, and remove or reform the perceived barriers of health behaviors. Also, the appropriate information resources should be introduced for obtaining information about puberty health.</p> <p></p> Boarding Welfare Centers, Female adolescent, Health belief model, Puberty. 959 965 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-1065&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Shayesteh Shirzadi shayestehshirzadi@gmail.com 200319475328460024967 200319475328460024967 Yes Department of Health Education & Promotion, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi m.asghari862@gmail.com 200319475328460024968 200319475328460024968 No Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Haidar Nadrian haidarnadrian@gmail.com 200319475328460024969 200319475328460024969 No Department of Health Education & Promotion, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Hassan Mahmoodi mahmoodihassan115@gmail.com 200319475328460024970 200319475328460024970 No Department of Health Education & Promotion, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.