IJCATR Volume 3 Issue 12

Analysis the Effect of Educational Package on Promotion of Protective Behaviors in Exposure to Dust Phenomenon by SPSS Software

Ali Ramezankhani Kobra Doostifar Saeed Motesaddi Zarandi Tayebeh Marashi Nezhat Shakeri Maryam Parsanahad
10.7753/IJCATR0312.1002
keywords : education, educational package, protective behaviors, dust phenomenon

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Background: dust phenomenon, especially in the summer, is a serious problem in Khuzestan province and has adverse effects on health, environment and economic. Behavior change is the base for health associated risks prevention and one of the models for behavior change in individual level is Health Belief Model. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of educational package on promotion of protective behaviors in exposure to dust phenomenon in Ahvaz teachers by SPSS software. Methods: This was an experimental study in which 200 teachers randomly were divided into two groups, case and control groups [n=100, in each group]. Data were collected by a Health Belief Model questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed by content validity method and Cronbach?s Alpha test. Before the educational intervention, questionnaire was completed by two groups and educational requirements of subjects were detected and an educational package was designed and implemented for 4 week. The control group received no intervention. After a month the effect of educational package on study variables was evaluated. Data were analyzed with SPSS statistical software version 17, by descriptive and analytical tests. Result: Mean age of case and control groups were 39.75±6.95 and 39.78±7.02 years, respectively. There was no significant association between marriage and behavior, but there was a significant association between employment number of years and behavior [p=0.03], education and behavior [p=0.03]. Based on the findings of this study there was a significant association between the knowledge, health belief model components and behavior of the study subjects, before and after the intervention [p< 0.001]. Conclusion: designing and implementation of an educational package based on health belief model can promote the knowledge and protective behaviors in exposure to dust particles effectively.
@artical{ 3122014ijcatr03121002,
Title = "Analysis the Effect of Educational Package on Promotion of Protective Behaviors in Exposure to Dust Phenomenon by SPSS Software",
Journal ="International Journal of Computer Applications Technology and Research(IJCATR)",
Volume = "3",
Issue ="12",
Pages ="762 - 768",
Year = "2014",
Authors =" Ali Ramezankhani Kobra Doostifar Saeed Motesaddi Zarandi Tayebeh Marashi Nezhat Shakeri Maryam Parsanahad "}
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