Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Diabetes management: Influential paradigms

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-2

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Evaluation of a school‑based educational program to prevent adolescents’ problem behaviors

. Ahmad Ali Eslami; . Fazlollah Ghofranipour; . Bagher Ghobari Bonab; . Davood Shojaei Zadeh; . Farkhondeh Amin Shokravi; . Mahmoud Ghazi Tabatabaie

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-7

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Background: Many researchers believe that adolescents’ problem behaviors are indicators ofa deficiency in social skills. This study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of ... Read More

The relationship between blood pressure and the structures of Pender’s health promotion model in rural hypertensive patients

. Aziz Kamran; . Leila Azadbakht; . Gholamreza Sharifirad; . Behzad Mahaki; . Siamak Mohebi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-8

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Introduction and Objective: Perception is the most important predictor of behavior andthere is a strong relation and correlation between behavior and believes. Thus, to improveself‑care ... Read More Introduction and Objective: Perception is the most important predictor of behavior andthere is a strong relation and correlation between behavior and believes. Thus, to improveself‑care behaviors of patients, it is required to fully understand their perceptions aboutbehavior. This paper aimed to assess the prediction power of health promotion modelof systolic blood pressure (SBP) as the result of self‑care behavior in rural hypertensive.Methods: This cross‑sectional study has been carried out through random multistagesampling on 671 rural patients under the coverage of health center of Ardebil city in2013. Data were collected through reliable and valid questionnaire based on the healthpromotion model in eight sectors. For data analysis, Pearson correlation statisticaltests, multivariate linear regression, ANOVA and independent t‑test were used and forconfirmatory factor analysis, SPSS 18 and AMOS 18 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) wereused. Results: The results showed significant negative correlation between self‑efficacy,perceived benefits, situational influences, affects related to behavior and commitment toaction structures with SBP and showed a positive significant correlation between perceivedbarriers and SBP. Furthermore, age and body mass had direct significant relation with SBP.The age of patients showed inverse significant correlation with self‑efficacy, perceivedbenefits, affects related to behavior, interpersonal influences and commitment and showeda direct significant correlation with perceived barriers, means that by increase of age,the perceived barriers also increased. The structures of health promotion model havein overall the prediction power of 71.4% of SBP changes. Conclusion: The diet perceptions of patients, the same as healthpromotion model, has good predictive power of SBP, especially the structuresof perceived benefits and self‑efficacy have inverse meaningful relation withsystole blood pressure and predicted a higher percentage of this variable.

Review evaluation indicators of health information technology course of master’s degree in medical sciences universities’ based on CIPP Model

. Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian; . Nooshin Mohebbi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-8

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Background: Sensitivity of teaching and learning processes in universities emphasizesthe necessity of assessment of the quality of education which improves the efficiency andeffectiveness ... Read More Background: Sensitivity of teaching and learning processes in universities emphasizesthe necessity of assessment of the quality of education which improves the efficiency andeffectiveness of the country. This study was conducted with an aim to review and develop theevaluation criteria of health information technology course at Master of Science level in Tehran,Shahid Beheshti, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Kashan medical universities in 2012 by using CIPP model.Materials and Methods: This was an applied and descriptive research with statistical populationof faculty members (23), students (97), directorates (5), and library staff (5), with a total of130 people, and sampling was done as a census. In order to collect data, four questionnaireswere used based on Likert scale with scores ranging from 1 to 5. Questionnaires’ validity wasconfirmed by consulting with health information technology and educational evaluation experts,and questionnaires’ reliability of directorates, faculty, students, and library staff was tested usingthe Cronbach’s alpha coefficient formula, which gave r = 0.74, r = 0.93, r = 0.98, and r = 0.80,respectively. SPSS software for data analysis and both descriptive and inferential statisticscontaining mean, frequency percentage, standard deviation, Pearson correlation, and Spearmancorrelation were used. Results: With studies from various sources, commentary of experts, andbased on the CIPP evaluation model, 139 indicators were determined and then evaluated, whichwere associated with this course based on the three factors of context, input, and process in theareas of human resources professional, academic services, students, directors, faculty, curriculum,budget, facilities, teaching–learning activities, and scientific research activities of students andfaculty, and the activities of the library staff. Conclusion: This study showed that in total, thehealth information technology course at the Master of Science level is relatively good, but tryingto improve and correct it in some areas and continuing the evaluation process seems necessary.

The impact of education intervention on the Health Belief Model constructs regarding anxiety of nulliparous pregnant women

. Hossein Shahnazi; . Sahar Sabooteh; . Gholamreza Sharifirad; . Kamal Mirkarimi; . Akbar Hassanzadeh

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-8

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Background: According to investigations, pregnant women hypothesized that anxiety is acommon factor that will improve spontaneously; they are not aware of its side effects on the fetus,baby, ... Read More Background: According to investigations, pregnant women hypothesized that anxiety is acommon factor that will improve spontaneously; they are not aware of its side effects on the fetus,baby, and pregnancy outcome, as a whole. Other studies have also not tried to design a theoreticalframework based on Health Education Models (HBMs) to overcome this problem. The currentstudy aimed at exploring the effectiveness of education on the anxiety of nulliparous women basedon a HBM. Materials and Methods: An experimental study on 88 eligible nulliparous women(n = 44 per group), from Doroud city, was performed in 2012. The data was collected using aresearcher made questionnaire. Education was conducted in three sessions tailored with HBMconstructs with the help of lectures, group discussions, inquiries, Power Point presentations,and booklets. Evaluation performed using a posttest four and eight weeks after last session. Thecollected data were analyzed using statistical tests, including Chi-square, independent t-test, andrepeated measure Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) by the significance level of 0.05. Results: Themean score of knowledge, perceived sensitivity, perceived severity, perceived benefits andbarriers, cues to action, self efficacy, and behavior, four weeks after intervention (P < 0.001) andeight weeks after intervention (P < 0.001) were significantly more in the case group Than thecontrol group. ANOVA with repeated measures showed a significant increase in the case groupin knowledge (from 32.1 to 89.1), perceived sensitivity (from 34.8 to 91.5), perceived severity(from 31.82 to 88.48), perceived benefits (from 39.28 to 92.41), perceived barriers (from 26.93 to88.61), cues to action (from24.65 to 92.03), self efficacy (from 29.71 to 88.75), and behavior (from28.83 to 94.63). Changes were not significant in the control group. Conclusion: The effect of HBMand education on increasing knowledge and changing people’s beliefs and behavior, in termsof anxiety based pregnancy, should make health planners and authorities pay more attention tothese issues. Moreover, it will help in the betterment of the health of mothers and babies.

Research self‑efficacy among students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

. Hasan Ashrafi‑Rizi; . Nayere Sadat Soleimanzade Najafi; . Zahra Kazempour; . Behjat Taheri

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-6

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Introduction: Research self‑efficacy if the people’s judgment of their abilities in order toorganize and conduct meaningful research in different formats. The aim of this study ... Read More Introduction: Research self‑efficacy if the people’s judgment of their abilities in order toorganize and conduct meaningful research in different formats. The aim of this study is todeterminate the rate of research self‑efficacy among students of Isfahan University of MedicalSciences based on Research Self‑efficacy Scale. Materials and Methods: The method of thisstudy is an applied survey method. Statistical population is all students of Isfahan University ofMedical Sciences and the sample size was calculated to be 361 samples based on Krejcie andMorgan table. Random sampling method was used with equal number of samples from everydepartment. Data collection tool is Salehi et al. questionnaire (with 7 dimensions) with Likertscale (5 grades). Its validity and reliability were confirmed by Psychology and Research Methodexperts and Cronbach’s alpha (r = 0.84) respectively. Data gathering method was direct visit toeach department. The data was then analyzed using t‑test and one‑tailed ANOVA using SPSS 16software. Results: The finding showed that among research self‑efficiency dimensions researchethics dimension had the highest and quality research dimension had the lowest means.Furthermore comparing the research self‑efficacy scores with demographic characteristicssuggests that there is no significant difference between total score of research self‑efficacy ofdifferent departments, genders or educational degrees (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Since the scoreof most of the research self‑efficacy dimensions were, lower than average, holding periodicalworkshops, inclusion of necessary courses in the educational plan, forcing student to performresearch activity such as writing articles in lower educational levels and improvement of researchculture for students with the help of experienced professors are some of practical solutions,which can lead to increasing the motivation of the students for conducting efficient research.

Types of trust experienced in a risky medical operation (A case among cosmetic surgeries in Isfahan)

. Mehdi Zhianpour; . Vahid Ghasemi; . Mahmood Keyvanara

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-6

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Background: In all areas of life including health, choices have widely increased andconcerns over getting hold of further choices have made trust a necessary element. Thisstudy, taking ... Read More

Are there any differences in education levels and changes of cardiovascular risk factors among urban and rural population: Isfahan Healthy Heart Program

. Mojgan Gharipour; . Ahmad Bahonar; . Nizal Sarrafzadegan; . Arsalan Khaledifar

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-7

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Background: This study aimed to find the influence of education level on the trends of changesof these risk factors among a great sample of Iranian population. Materials and Methods: ... Read More

Relationship of the intake of different food groups by pregnant mothers with the birth weight and gestational age: Need for public and individual educational programs

. Zahra Akbari; . Marjan Mansourian; . Roya Kelishadi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-6

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Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the intake ofdifferent food groups by pregnant mothers and neonatal low birth weight and prematurebirths. ... Read More Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the intake ofdifferent food groups by pregnant mothers and neonatal low birth weight and prematurebirths. Materials and Methods: In this cohort, the target population was 225 pregnant women,randomly selected from different geographical areas of the city of Isfahan, Iran (from April toSeptember, 2012). The main variables in the study were weight and gestational age of theneonates and the type and amount of different food groups used by the mothers. All nutritionalvariables were compared according to different groups of infants (normal, premature, and lowbirth weight). In the multivariate analysis, multiple linear and logistic regression models wereused to identify those different food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) variables independentlyassociated with the newborn’s weight and gestational age, adjusted by maternal consumptionof calcium supplementation, folic acid, and omega‑3, during pregnancy. Results: A totalof 214 (47.7% boys) infants with complete information were included. They had a meangestational age of 38.72 ± 1.2 weeks. The mean birth weight was 3.11 ± 0.384 kg. Thepercentages of premature and low birth weight (LBW) infants were 7 and 5%, respectively. Atmultiple logistic regression controlling for potentially confounding factors that were significantlyassociated with prematurity and LBW at univariate analysis (maternal consumption of calciumsupplementation, folic acid, and omega‑3, during pregnancy), type of nutritional groupscontaining dairy products, proteins, fish, and shrimp group, as well as fruits and vegetables,had a significant positive association with increasing the gestational age (P < 0.05). The groupthat consumed proteins, fish, and shrimp, as well as fruits and vegetables had a significantpositive association with the newborn’s weight (P < 0.05). Conclusion: This study indicatedthe importance of proper nutrition on reducing the rates of LBW and premature births.Comprehensive educational programs atindividual and public levels are warranted inthis regard.

General practitioners’ encounters in rural and urban care centers in Isfahan with gynecological/obstetric and pediatric diseases

. Athar Omid; . Batool Eghbali; . Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard; . Vahid Ashoorion

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-4

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Context: General practitioners should be competent to be accountable for patients’ needs,but they do not acquire core competencies during education in medical schools. Aims: Thisstudy ... Read More

The impact of teaching experience on interview performance of different candidates of basic medical sciences in PhD admission

. Alireza Mehridehnavi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-4

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Background: Admission includes written and interview at universities belonging to theministry of the health and medical education of Iran at PhD level. In the present work, itwas tried ... Read More

Awareness of palliative care among doctors of various departments in all four teaching medical colleges in a metropolitan city in Eastern India: A survey

. Kallol Bhadra; . Kazi S. Manir; . Arnab Adhikary; . Gaurav Kumar; . Amitabha Manna; . Shyamal K. Sarkar

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-5

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Objective: To enquire about the level of awareness regarding various important aspectsof palliative medicine among doctors of various departments in four Medical Colleges inKolkata ... Read More

Preparation and evaluation of information leaflet for tobacco users

. Renuka Piddennavar; . Pushpanjali Krishnappa

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-4

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Background: There is general lack of knowledge concerning the sings, symptoms, and riskfactors of oral cancer in the general population, particularly among tobacco users. A challengingmeasure ... Read More

Life experiences in heart transplant recipients

. Sharifeh Monemian; . Heidarali Abedi; . Saied Ali Naji

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-7

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Introduction: Heart transplantation is considered as a golden standard of treatment foradvanced heart failure. After ‑ transplantation health of patients is influenced by numerousissues ... Read More

Prevalence of obesity and behaviors associated with the development of metabolic disease among medical practitioners in Jordan

. Jafar F. Alarjan; . Omar S. Hindawi; . Lawrence W. Judge; . Ziad A. Aleyadh; . David. M. Bellar

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-7

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Background: The health status of medical practitioners can potentially impact their abilityto counsel patients. The purpose of the study was to examine the prevalence of obesity andbehaviors ... Read More Background: The health status of medical practitioners can potentially impact their abilityto counsel patients. The purpose of the study was to examine the prevalence of obesity andbehaviors associated with the development of metabolic disease among medical practitionersin the country of Jordan. Materials and Methods: The participants were 748 (male n = 285,32.3 years ± 7.3, female n = 463, 29.7 years ± 5.7) randomly selected pharmacists, nurses,physicians, medical lab technicians, and radiation specialists from a variety of medicalinstitutions in Jordan. A short 25‑item validated instrument was chosen for this investigation.After the survey was administered and data were tabulated, one‑way analysis of varianceand Pearson’s Chi‑square analysis were conducted to examine differences in reported riskbehaviors (low physical activity [PA], smoking) and obesity by gender, age and medicalspecialty. Results: Descriptive analysis revealed that 20.9% of the participants self‑reported assmokers of cigarettes, 47.9% were either overweight or obese, and 52.9% reported no days ofplanned PA on average per week. The results suggested a difference in body mass index (BMI)classification (F = 17.9, P ≤ 0.001) and smoking (F = 5.33, P = 0.021) by age. Mean ageassociated with being underweight was 26.4 years for normal weight 29.3 years for overweight31.6 years and finally for obese was 34.5 years. Chi‑square test resulted in differences bygender(2 > 50, P ≤ 0.001)forBMI (males: 26.4 ± 3.7; females: 24.6 ± 3.7),PA (males no plannedPA 61.1%, females 47.9%) and smoking (males 43.1% smokers, females 7.1%). Researchersdiscovered that medical specialty was related to differences in reported smoking (2 = 26.5,P ≤ 0.001) and days of planned PA (2 = 24.2, P = 0.019). Conclusions: Within the populationof medical practitioners there is still a high incidence of obesity and risk behaviors associatedwith metabolic diseases. It also appears thatthese incidence rates are greater amongmen, with increasing age, and among certainmedical specialties.

Job strain (demands and control model) as a predictor of cardiovascular risk factors among petrochemical personnel

. Ehsanollah Habibi; . Siamak Poorabdian; . Mahnaz Shakerian

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-7

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Background: One of the practical models for the assessment of stressful working conditions dueto job strain is job demand and control model, which explains how physical and psychologicaladverse ... Read More Background: One of the practical models for the assessment of stressful working conditions dueto job strain is job demand and control model, which explains how physical and psychologicaladverse consequences, including cardiovascular risk factors can be established due to highwork demands (the amount of workload, in addition to time limitations to complete that work)and low control of the worker on his/her work (lack of decision making) in the workplace. Theaim of this study was to investigate how certain cardiovascular risk factors (including body massindex [BMI], heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking) and the job demand andjob control are related to each other. Materials and Methods: This prospective cohort studywas conducted on 500 workers of the petrochemical industry in south of Iran, 2009. The studypopulation was selected using simple random statistical method. They completed job demandand control questionnaire. The cardiovascular risk factors data was extracted from the workershygiene profiles. Chi‑square (2) test and hypothesis test () were used to assess the possiblerelationship between different quantified variables, individual demographic and cardiovascularrisk factors. Results: The results of this study revealed that a significant relationship can befound between job demand control model and cardiovascular risk factors. Chi‑square testresult for the heart rate showed the highest (2 = 145.078) relationship, the correspondingresults for smoking and BMI were 2 = 85.652 and 2 = 30.941, respectively. Subsequently,hypothesis testing results for cholesterol and hypertension was 0.469 and 0.684, respectively.Discussion: Job strain is likely to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular riskfactors among male staff in a petrochemical company in Iran. The parameters illustrated inthe Job demands and control model can act as acceptable predictors for the probability ofjob stress occurrence followed by showing a high trend of CVD risk factors.

Study of relationship between the organizational structure and market orientation from the viewpoint of nurse managers

. Mohammadkarim Bahadori; . Maryam Yaghoubi; . Marzieh Javadi; . Zahreh Agha Rahimi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-4

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Background: Considering globalization of health care and quality improvement trend torespond to competition and customer orientation, attention to organizational structureand its relationship ... Read More Background: Considering globalization of health care and quality improvement trend torespond to competition and customer orientation, attention to organizational structureand its relationship with market orientation is essential. Therefore, this study reviews therelationship between organizational structure and market orientation in selected hospitalsof Isfahan (Iran). Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive survey. The studypopulation comprised nurse managers from selected hospitals (n = 80). Data collection toolswere two questionnaires (market orientation questionnaire and organizational structure) thatthe validity and reliability were confirmed (r = 0.83 for market orientation questionnaire andr = 0.87 for organizational structure). SPSS (Ver. 16) software was used for the analyses.Results: The mean score of organizational structure was 65.4 (11.2) and total mean ofmarket orientation was 51.14 (17.6). All aspects of the organizational structure (OrganizationCentralization, Formalization in Organization, and Organization Complication) and marketorientation (responding to competition, accountability, customer satisfaction, intelligentorganization)—except by responding to clients with Formalization in Organization—as well asall aspects of the Systemic attitude (the system of internal coordination and communicationsystems_ and market orientation (responding to competition, accountability, customersatisfaction, intelligent organization), there was a meaningful relationship (P < 0.05).Conclusion: Market orientation and its dimensions have a significant relationship withorganizational structure and can lead managers’ view to the analysis and recognizing elementsof success and achievement to goals. With increasing competition in markets, globalizationof health services, and presence in international markets and more attention to patients’satisfaction, hospitals need to understand and use of market orientation in order to promotequality and services in the health care system.

Investigating the root causes of duplicate publication in research articles

. Payman Adibi; . Maryam Kianpour; . Shahin Shirani

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-4

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Duplicate publication is the republication of an article in which a lot of important parts overlap withthe published copy. This issue is nearly at the top of the list of subjects, which ... Read More

An empowering approach to promote the quality of life and self-management among type 2 diabetic patients

. Azar Tol; . Fatemeh Alhani; . Gholamreza Sharifirad; . Nahid Moazam

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-8

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Type 2 diabetes is one of the most serious health concerns and policy agendas around theworld. Epidemiological evidence suggests that it will likely continue to increase globally.Diabetes ... Read More

Worksite health promotion programs in college settings

. Patricia E. Hill-Mey; . Karol L. Kumpfer; . Ray M. Merrill; . Justine Reel; . Beverly Hyatt-Neville; . Glenn E. Richardson

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, Pages 1-7

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The purpose of this paper is to describe the multifaceted nature and benefits of worksite healthpromotion programs (WHPPs), with emphasis on the college setting. An assessment of thepeer-reviewed ... Read More

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