en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <strong>Background</strong>: Health education, using new approaches in the nursing area, is of great importance. The current study aimed to evaluate the effects of a health belief model-based education on maternal abilities to caring for children with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).&nbsp;<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: This was a quasi-experimental non-randomized controlled trial with pre-test, post-test and a control group design. In total, 30 families with children with ARFID in Malang regency, Indonesia were divided into experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. The experimental group was trained based on the Health Belief Model (HBM); however, the control group received an education based on the routine nursing process model. The necessary data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire constructed based on HBM constructs. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS. Descriptive statistics, homogeneity test, and Paired-Samples t-test were used to outline the relationship between the dependent and independent variables.&nbsp;<br> <strong>Results</strong>: HBM effectively improved maternal abilities to manage eating disorders (P=0.009), promoting behaviors (P=0.000), and paternal involvement (P=0.000).<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: HBM-Based education is recommended to be used in the provision of training in the mothers of children with ARFID. Health education, Health belief model, Food intake regulation, Childhood eating and feeding disorders, Maternal behavior 205 214 http://jccnc.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-376-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Yoyok Bekti Prasetyo yoyok@umm.ac.id 10031947532846007229 10031947532846007229 Yes Department of Community Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Muhammadiyah University Muhammadiyah of Malang, Indonesia Yulis Setiya Dewi yulis.sd@fkp.unair.ac.id 10031947532846007230 10031947532846007230 No Department of Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.