Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Psychological aspects of climate change risk perception: A content analysis in Iranian context

. Mehrdad Farrokhi; . Hamid Reza Khankeh; . Nasir Amanat; . Mohammad Kamali; . Mohammad Fathi

Volume 10, Issue 12 , December 2020, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: Risk perception is an important predictor to mitigate climate change effects whichcan produce mental health consequences such as anxiety and depression. For developing policiesof ... Read More

Intervention strategies for improvement of disasters risk perception: Family‑centered approach

. Hesam Seyedin; . Ezat Samadipour; . Ibrahim Salmani

Volume 9, Issue 3 , March 2019, , Pages 1-12

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Introduction: Today, the role of people in crisis management plans is of particular importance dueto the prepared community approach. It is difficult or impossible to attract public ... Read More Introduction: Today, the role of people in crisis management plans is of particular importance dueto the prepared community approach. It is difficult or impossible to attract public involvement dueto the low level of public perception of risk. Therefore, it is necessary to discover the status of riskperception and its affecting factors. This study was conducted to investigate factors affecting thestrategies of disaster risk perception improvement.Materials and Methods: This systematic review study was conducted in 2017 using extensiveelectronic and library literature searches in the Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed electronicdatabases. The preliminary findings included 1030 studies. Out of 941 retrieved references, 925references were excluded because they did not meet the objectives of this review or did not focusdirectly on general population. Finally, 16 articles were selected for further investigation.Results: The extracted variables were divided into four general domains: personal, psychological,socioeconomic, and cultural factors. Personal characteristics included sex, age, marriage, level ofeducation, personal knowledge, and disaster personal experience. Psychological factors comprisedemotions (fear and insecurity), mental images (beliefs, attitudes), and internal and external control.Cultural factors such as, belief, values, norms, faith, religious, and protective spirit were effective ingeneral perception of disasters risk. Socioeconomic factors such as, income, livelihood, insurancecoverage, trust, and fair access to land and resources were also influential. The strategies to improvepublic disaster risk perception were educational, participatory, incentive, confidence building,supportive, managerial and cultural ones. A family‑centered approach is recommended for the betterimplementation of strategies.Conclusion: The improvement of risk perception requires government planning in different fieldssuch as education, research, health, and culture, with an emphasis on social groups especially family.

Roles, responsibilities, and strategies for enhancing disaster risk perception: A quantitative study

. Ezat Samamdipour; . Hesam Seyedin; . Hamid Ravaghi

Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 1-7

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INTRODUCTION: Perception the risk of disasters, is mainly of universal and theoretical natureand is a means of achieving risk understanding/knowledge. In Sendai Framework, the focus ... Read More

Knowledge, risk perception, and behavioral intention about hepatitis C, among university students

. Seyedeh Shahrbanoo Daniali; . Mona Hafezi Bakhtiari; . Mostafa Nasirzadeh; . Mohammad Aligol; . Saeed Doaei

Volume 5, Issue 5 , December 2015, , Pages 1-5

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Introduction: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major complex public health problem.Different resources have proved that healthcare workers more than the general populationare ... Read More

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Psychological aspects of climate change risk perception: A content analysis in Iranian context

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Intervention strategies for improvement of disasters risk perception: Family‑centered approach

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Roles, responsibilities, and strategies for enhancing disaster risk perception: A quantitative study

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Knowledge, risk perception, and behavioral intention about hepatitis C, among university students

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