en <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Aims:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> This study aimed to investigate the effect of a health education program on empowering mothers to prevent home accidents among rural children under five years old in Ilam County.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Materials & Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> This research was a randomized controlled trial involving 88 mothers with children under five years old attending healthcare houses in Ilam County in 2022-2023 who were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. A one-month online educational intervention was implemented for the intervention group using the WhatsApp application, while the control group received no education. Data were collected using a questionnaire assessing the constructs of the health belief model regarding home accidents in children, completed online by the participants at baseline and three months later. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16 software, employing an independent sample t-test and paired sample t-test.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Findings:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> No significant difference was found between the two groups in the mean scores of the health belief model constructs regarding preventing home accidents in the pre-test phase (p>0.05). The results of the independent sample t-test showed a significant increase in the mean scores of health belief model constructs in the intervention group compared to the control group after a three-month follow-up (p<0.05).</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> Designing interventions based on the health belief model effectively empowers mothers to prevent accidents in rural children under five years old.</span></span></span></span></span><br> Adult Children,Mothers,Empowerment,Accidents, Home,Health Belief Model,Health Education, 125 130 http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-37312-1&slc_lang=en&sid=4 M. Jalilian 1003194753284600324575 1003194753284600324575 Yes Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran S. Shahbazi 1003194753284600324576 1003194753284600324576 No Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran R. Chenary 1003194753284600324577 1003194753284600324577 No Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran A. Mirzaei 1003194753284600324578 1003194753284600324578 No Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran H. Kakaei 1003194753284600324579 1003194753284600324579 No Department of Occupational Health and Work Safety Engineering, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran