جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "رابطین بهداشتی" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Considering the potential impact of health literacy on strengthening the health belief model and also the role of health literacy in adopting preventive behaviors and the role of health volunteers in transmitting health messages to the community, this study aimed to assess the structures of the health belief model combined with health literacy in predicting the adoption of osteoporosis preventive nutritional behaviors among health volunteers.

In an analytical cross-sectional study, 290 active health volunteers referring to health centers in Qazvin in 1399 were selected through multi-stage random sampling to participate in the study. Data collection tools included a standard questionnaire based on the Health Belief Model, Iranian Adult Health Literacy Assessment Tool (HELIA), and a questionnaire to assess the adoption of osteoporosis preventive nutritional behaviors. Using SPSS software version 23, data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression tests.

The mean and standard deviation of health literacy and adoption of preventive eating behaviors scores were 65.47 ± 12.54 and 6.104 ± 1.417, respectively. Multiple regression test showed the constructs of perceived barriers (P = 0.026, β = -0.155), self-efficacy (P = 0.009, β = 0.317) and health literacy (P = 0.016, β = 0.259) were predictors of osteoporosis-preventive nutritional behaviors. Together, these variables were able to predict 37.8% of behavioral changes.

The integrated health belief model with health literacy can be used as a suitable framework for designing educational interventions to encourage health volunteers to adopt preventive nutritional behaviors from osteoporosis.

Community participation in health programs is one of the requirements for their success. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of educational interventions in promoting knowledge, attitude, and practice of health volunteers     

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This systematic review was conducted in 2020 using the keywords health volunteers OR community health volunteers AND educational intervention AND Iran and health volunteers OR communicator’s community health AND randomized controlled trial OR clinical trial AND Iran. The used Databases / search engines were Scopus, PubMed, Magiran, SID and Google scholar.

Selection methods for study:

 In the initial search, 1128 articles were retrieved in various databases. The interventional studies in which the effectiveness of educational intervention had been examined and the studies related to the health volunteers program in Iran were the most important inclusion criteria and interventions performed by health volunteers for a specific group of people were considered as the most important exclusion criteria in this study. Finally, 16 articles were included in the study for comprehensive review and data extraction.

The results showed that most of the studies were quasi-experimental, the duration of the intervention was from one day to 2 months, and follow-up time was between 10 days to two years. In all cases, after the educational intervention, the scores of the knowledge, attitude, and practice in different health-related issues showed a significant increase compared to before the intervention. Also, the use of theories and models in educational interventions had a positive effect on increasing awareness, changing attitudes, and improving the performance.

The results show the positive effect of educational interventions for health volunteers in various health-related issues, so by conducting educational interventions for health volunteers, they can play an important role in the community health.

Community participation in health programs is essential for their success, and community health volunteers (CHVs) program is a favored form of participation. Given that three decades have passed since the launch of the Health Communicator Program (as a form of health volunteers) in Iran and the importance of evaluating its achievements, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of health communicators program in promoting knowledge, attitude and practice of community health thorough educational interventions.

This is a systematic review and its literature review was conducted in February of 2020.  The search of resources was conducted using ‘community health communicator’, ‘community health volunteer’, and ‘Iran’ in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Sciences and their Persian equivalent in SID, Magiran and Elmnet database/ search engine. The number of 13558 was obtained from this search, which finally the number of 15 articles was included in study and their quality were appraised. In continue, the related contents of included articles were reported as extraction and comparative tables, and final conclusion was done based on them.

The health communicators program in Iran had good positive effect health knowledge and attitude of community in different health areas but this program has not been successful in improving community health performance/behavior. Assessing the targeted areas to improve in community health performance through provided educational interventions by CHVs in the final included articles showed that from 34 targeted health areas, CHVs have succeeded in promoting six areas, only.

The health communicatorschr('39') program needs to be promoted or replaced with a more effective one in community participation due to its low impact on community health behavior

The people''s mental، intellectual and physical non-awareness for confrontation with earthquake results in disastrous outcomes. This research aimed to study the effect of training interference for confrontation with earthquake on representatives'' awareness of health-training centers in Eastern Tehran.

A semi-experimental research protocol was designed and executed in 2010 using questionnaire based on information of Crisis Management Organization. After experimental research as well as estimation of validity and reliability of questionnaire، samples size was determined. Then، the questionnaires were completed through questioning before and after training by 82 health representatives in the form of census at health-treatment centers of Eastern Tehran. Finally، after adding scores، data was analyzed by SPSS 11. 5 software، pair t-test، correlation and other necessary tests.

The mean age of the women surveyed volunteers were 43. 43±8. 51 years. In this study، the mean total score of the volunteers'' knowledge before and after training was 35. 15 ± 4. 3 and 43. 73±2. 91 out of 48، respectively. There was a significant difference between knowledge before and after training. Classes were the most important source of information.

Regarding training planned for groups such as volunteers of health centers that have more communication with other people، a lot of information and knowledge are to be increased.

Cardivascular disease is the most common cause of mortality in the world contributing to one third of entire mortality in the world. This disease also has significant consequcnces. To prevent it implementing instructional programes is needed. Health volunteers are of potential capacity to improve mothers'' knowledge، attitude، and performance. The aim of this study was is determining the effect of instruction of health volunteers on knowledge، attitude and performance of mothers

This study is clinical trial conducted on 310 mothers learned by health volunteers. Mothers and health volunteers were selected randomly. The effect of the instruction on mothers was controlled 6 months after implanting the research spss 16 was used to analyse the data.

The results of study showed that the mean score of mothers knowledge before implementing the plan was 26. 4 [from 38 (69/4%)] and after it، arrived at 31/2 (82/1%) (p=. /…). mean score of mothers attitude was 24. 2 [from 30 (80. 6%)] and after instruction becom 27. 6 (92%) that is satisfactory (p=. /…). The averge score of mothers on performance was 14. 7 from 40 (37/7%) and after instruction become 17/2 (44/1%) and the result of Tpaired test with p=. /… showes significant relation.

In this study، the effect of health volunteers'' instruction on motheres was 12/7% increasing in knowledge، 11/4% increasing in attitude and 6/4% increasing in performance it seem، we need more studies to bring chage in performance of the subjects.