Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Risk Perception in the COVID‑19 pandemic; a health promotion approach

. Maryam Feiz Arefi; . Amin Pouya Babaei; . Somaye Barzanouni; . Sahar Ebrahimi; . Amir Reza Salehi; . Farahnaz Khajehnasiri; . Mohsen Poursadeghian

Volume 12, Issue 4 , April 2022, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Many measures have been taken so far to minimize the outbreak of COVID‑19, but it is still unclear to what extent people have understood the risk. Public participation ... Read More BACKGROUND: Many measures have been taken so far to minimize the outbreak of COVID‑19, but it is still unclear to what extent people have understood the risk. Public participation plays a vital role in better and effective control of the coronavirus, and the importance of risk perception is effective in their preventive behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the pandemic risk perception of coronavirus disease after began of pandemic in Iranian society.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study was conducted in Iran in spring 2020. The data collection tool was a researcher‑made questionnaire. The questions were extracted through interviews with experts and summarizing the opinions of public interviews, etc., The questionnaire was made available to the public through social media. The information was collected within 3 months. Quantitative data were reported as mean ± standard deviation and the qualitative data were reported as number and percent. Multiple linear regression and cross were also used to examine the demographic factors associated with risk perception. Data Analysis was performed using the SPSS version 21 statistical software.RESULTS: In this study, 402 individuals from 28 provinces (Azarbaijan Gharbi, Azarbaijan Sharghi, Alborz, Ardabil, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Esfahan, Fars, Ghazvin, Gilan, Golestan, Hamedan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorasan Razavi, Khorasan Shomali, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad, Kurdistan, Lorestan, Mazandaran, Semnan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Tehran, Yazd, and Zanjan) of Iran participated. The risk perception score obtained from the sum of the scores of the questions was classified into quartiles. Accordingly, the risk perception score of (22.9) 92 people was very low, (26.6) 107 people low, (26.9) 108 people moderate, and (23.6) 95 people high. The results of multiple linear regression showed that the variables of gender (P = 0.008) and occupation (P = 0.013) had a significant relationship with risk perception. There was no significant relationship between risk perception and variables of age, marital status, and level of education (P > 0.05).CONCLUSION: The study showed that the risk perception of the people is more in categories of moderate to high. Assessing the risk perception of a pandemic can be helpful for preventive measurements and planning, and also, according to the results of the research, can be done appropriate educational interventions. Given that 47.5% of respondents were employees, of course, it should be noted that in sending a questionnaire virtually, there is usually a lot of loss and this is a limitation of the research. The results of this study can be useful in making prevention decisions and maintaining safety and health in the workplace.

Quality of life in health Iranian elderly population approach in health promotion: A systematic review

. Mohsen Poursadeqiyan; . Maryam Feiz Arefi; . Amin Babaei Pouya; . Mojtaba Jafari

Volume 11, Issue 11 , December 2021, , Pages 1-9

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BACKGROUND: The quality of life (QOL) is essential in all different stages of life; however, It ismore important for older people as it can be effective in promoting their health. Therefore, ... Read More

Health in disasters in Iranian schools: A systematic review

. Seyednouredin Hosseinighousheh; . Maryam Feiz Arefi; . Amin Babai Pouya; . Mohsen Poursadeqiyan

Volume 11, Issue 9 , October 2021, , Pages 1-7

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Iran is disaster‑prone country in the world. Lack of awareness and failure to have a properresponse to natural disasters cause heavy damages to nations and national assets. Riskmanagement ... Read More

Investigating the match between anthropometric measures and the classroom furniture dimensions in Iranian students with health approach: A systematic review

. Maryam Feiz Arefi; . Amin Babaei Pouya; . Mohsen Poursadeqiyan

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 1-6

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Ergonomics of schools and school furniture is one of the main issues in students’ education. Theproportion of school furniture to the anthropometric dimensions of students is ... Read More

Health, safety, and environmental status of Iranian school: A systematic review

. Mohsen Poursadeqiyan; . Maryam Feiz Arefi

Volume 10, Issue 11 , November 2020, , Pages 1-7

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Schools are considered as a first community, which plays an essential role in developing the child’slife skills; thus, it is important to provide safety and health in these places. ... Read More

Review of environmental challenges and pandemic crisis of Covid‑19

. Mohsen Poursadeqiyan; . Edris Bazrafshan; . Maryam Feiz Arefi

Volume 10, Issue 9 , September 2020, , Pages 1-6

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INTRODUCTION: Spread of novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus2 [SARS‑CoV‑2]) has become a global and pandemic crisis. Some measures such as excessiveuse ... Read More INTRODUCTION: Spread of novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus2 [SARS‑CoV‑2]) has become a global and pandemic crisis. Some measures such as excessiveuse of disinfectants, increased production of nonbiodegradable waste, and water pollution will bethe consequences of fighting against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19), which harms theenvironment. Due to the fact that these effects will be identified in the long term, they may beneglected in the current situation. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the environmentalchallenges caused by the SARS‑CoV‑2 pandemic crisis.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a review study conducted by search in databases, includingScopus, PubMed, and science direct until early May 2020. Keywords included “SARS‑CoV‑2,”“COVID‑19,” and “Environment.” Studies published in English and conducted in different countrieswere also selected for the analysis. The guidelines published by reputable organizations such asthe World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control prevention (CDC), and the Ministryof Health have also been used in this study.CONCLUSION: The results of this study have shown that the COVID‑19 virus, in addition to humandamage and mortality, also affects the environment, and the damages and losses resulting fromthis pandemic may be identified later. Water pollution, increasing chemical pollution in the air, andincreasing the production of nonbiodegradable waste are of these issues. For this purpose, it isrecommended that, in addition to trying to improve the control of this pandemic, other environmentalaspects in disinfection methods and disposal of dry and wet contaminated waste should be donemore accurately and based on standard protocols. Infectious waste, in addition to the problem ofstandard sanitation, will become a major challenge that pollutes the environment. Based on this, itcan be said that if home quarantine is observed voluntarily, in addition to reducing the risk of theSARS‑CoV‑2 and reducing the volume of visits to medical centers, it can be associated with anotherpositive achievement, which is the reduction in waste production and protection of the environment.

Investigation of the relationship between the safety climate and occupational fatigue among the nurses of educational hospitals in Zabol

. Mohsen Poursadeqiyan; . Maryam Feiz Arefi; . Saeed Khaleghi; . Ali Sadeghi Moghaddam; . Ehsan Mazloumi; . Mehdi Raei; . Mahsa Hami; . Alireza Khammar

Volume 10, Issue 9 , September 2020, , Pages 1-9

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INTRODUCTION: Some working and organizational conditions, such as psychological stress andshift work, are factors that threaten the health of staff working in health centers. These ... Read More INTRODUCTION: Some working and organizational conditions, such as psychological stress andshift work, are factors that threaten the health of staff working in health centers. These factors cancause fatigue in a long time. Fatigue reduces the ability to process information and decrease torespond to hazardous conditions and will affect the safety of the environment. Therefore, the purposeof this study was to determine the relationship between safety climate and occupational fatigue innurses working in Zabol city.METHODS: This cross‑sectional study was performed on 143 nurses working in educational hospitalsof Zabol in 2019. The proportional sampling method was used, and the Swedish OccupationalFatigue Questionnaire and the Nurses Safety Questionnaire were used for data collection. Datawere analyzed using independent t‑test, analysis of variance, Mann–Whitney, Kruskal–Wallis tests,and SPSS‑21 software.RESULTS: In the present study, 57.3% were women and 42.7% were men. The mean score ofoccupational fatigue was 85.09 ± 41.49, and the mean score of safety climate was 67.15 ± 12.73. Thereis a significant inverse relationship between occupational fatigue and safety climate. The comparisonof safety climate and its subscales between occupational and demographic variables showed that thescore of male supervisors’ attitude was 01.36 ± 2.41 while the score of female supervisors’ attitudewas 8.88 ± 2.61, and this difference was significant. Furthermore, cumulative burnout, the attitude ofsupervisors, and the safety climate were significantly different between different educational levels.CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that there is a relationship between occupationalfatigue and safety climate. Issues related to safety and risk factors in hospitals due to the high risk ofdisease outbreak and mortality, in addition to being economical, are important in terms of the humanaspect as well. In addition, the activity of nursing staff is more important compared to other groupsbecause of providing health care and communicating with patients; thus, more education about thesafety climate of the workplace environment in hospitals can reduce nurses’ fatigue.

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Author = . Maryam Feiz Arefi

Risk Perception in the COVID‑19 pandemic; a health promotion approach

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Quality of life in health Iranian elderly population approach in health promotion: A systematic review

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Health in disasters in Iranian schools: A systematic review

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Investigating the match between anthropometric measures and the classroom furniture dimensions in Iranian students with health approach: A systematic review

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Health, safety, and environmental status of Iranian school: A systematic review

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Review of environmental challenges and pandemic crisis of Covid‑19

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Investigation of the relationship between the safety climate and occupational fatigue among the nurses of educational hospitals in Zabol

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