Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Erratum: An overview of 2019 novel coronavirus COVID‑19 pandemic: A review study

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-1

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Need‑based training of community health officers for tuberculosis care in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, India: A before and after study

. Mandar Padmakar Baviskar; . Ankita Sinha; . Shubhada S. Javadekar; . Rajvir Bhalwar

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Community health officers (CHOs) are a newly introduced cadre of mid‑levelhealth‑care providers who will man the health and wellness centers under Ayushman Bharat Missionin ... Read More BACKGROUND: Community health officers (CHOs) are a newly introduced cadre of mid‑levelhealth‑care providers who will man the health and wellness centers under Ayushman Bharat Missionin India. Need‑based training will help them fulfil their role in early diagnosis, treatment, and referralof tuberculosis (TB) patients. The present study identified the gaps in the awareness about TB in aheterogeneous group of trainees and addressed them through need‑based training.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A before and after the study was carried out in 110 trainee CHOs atRural Medical College, Loni. In‑depth interviews were conducted with public health experts and focusgroup discussion was conducted with trainees to gain the quality inputs. Structured questionnairesbased on training objectives specifically pertaining to TB were designed. Training was provided withan emphasis on addressing the gaps identified in the pretest. Posttest evaluation was done at theend of the training to assess its effectiveness. Data were analyzed using the SPSS software version.17.0 (Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).RESULTS: The mean pretest score was 15.15 (standard deviation [SD] = 3.55) which improvedafter 6 months training to 24.01 (SD = 1.223), i.e., from 60% to 96%. There was highly significantimprovement in overall knowledge score of trainees (t = 28.124, df = 109, P < 0.001). There wasa statistically significant improvement in scores of all topics at the end of 6 months training in bothNursing and Ayurved graduates. Except for knowledge regarding the treatment of multidrug‑resistantTB (P = 0.004), knowledge about all other topics was comparable in nursing and Ayurved graduatesat the end.CONCLUSIONS: Needs assessment proved effective in identifying the gaps in knowledge and skillsof interdisciplinary trainee CHOs. Medical colleges with expertise in teaching, training, and healthservice provision can work with the public health system to provide a model for rapid upgrading andcapacity building to meet health‑care challenges such as TB.

A study of the effects of managers’ good character traits and perceived organizational support of employees

. Seyedeh Sana Hosseini; . Seyedeh Sara Hosseini

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: The present study was aimed to investigate the effects of managers’ goodcharacter traits and perceived organizational support (POS) of employees in one of the therapeuticand ... Read More

Factors affecting development of air ambulance base: A systematic review and thematic analysis

. Zahra Eskandari; . Zohreh Ghomian; . Sanaz Sohrabizadeh; . Ahmad Alibabaei; . Hojjat Ahmadinejad

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-11

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Nowadays, air ambulances have been developed as part of advanced emergency medicine serviceswith many countries employing these services for transferring patients in usual and emergencyconditions. ... Read More

Effect of education on knowledge of fertility counseling and attitudes toward fertility control

. Talat Khadivzadeh; . Raziyeh Rahmati; . Habibollah Esmaily

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: The development of any society depends on proper planning in various fields suchas population and birth control. Fertility control is designed to create a level of population ... Read More BACKGROUND: The development of any society depends on proper planning in various fields suchas population and birth control. Fertility control is designed to create a level of population growthappropriate to the resources available and to ensure a good life. Receiving information and educationis one of the basic strategies to change the attitude toward fertility and awareness in most people insociety. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the effect of education on knowledge offertility counseling and attitudes toward fertility control in health workers.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was a randomized clinical trial with a controlgroup that was conducted in the presence of 107 health workers of health centers and communityhealth centers working in Mashhad in 2017. The research units were randomly divided into threegroups (webinar training, group discussion training, and control). Research tools were researcher‑madequestionnaires on attitudes toward fertility and measuring healthy reproductive awareness that allstudy participants completed at the beginning of the study and 2 weeks after the intervention. Dataanalysis was performed by the Chi‑square, one‑way analysis of variance, and independent t‑testusing the SPSS software version 16.RESULTS: The results of this study showed that at the beginning of the study, all three groupswere homogeneous in terms of quantitative and qualitative demographic variables including age,education, work experience, type of employment, and number of family members. The results ofKruskal–Wallis test showed that before the intervention, the three groups did not have a statisticallysignificant difference in terms of mean scores of awareness about fertility counseling (P = 0.77) andattitude toward fertility control (P = 0.523), but this relationship was significant after the interventions.Furthermore, the results of Mann–Whitney intragroup test showed that the scores before and afterthe intervention were significant in both educational groups (P = 0.001).CONCLUSION: Considering the importance of healthy fertility counseling and the important placeof education in promoting awareness and attitude toward healthy fertility, it is recommended to useactive educational methods to promote the awareness and attitude of health workers to providehealthy fertility services to couples.

Prevalence of stress, stressors, and coping strategies among medical undergraduate students in a medical college of Mumbai

. Parmeshwar Satpathy; . Nafeha Siddiqui; . Darshan Parida; . Roshan Sutar

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Stress is a subjective experience which creates an obstacle in a person’s path ofachieving his or her goals. It creates negative outcomes among the population. Medical ... Read More BACKGROUND: Stress is a subjective experience which creates an obstacle in a person’s path ofachieving his or her goals. It creates negative outcomes among the population. Medical curriculumis very vast and stressful. As doctors are the very important part of society, medical students mustbe allowed to learn their trade in a stress‑free environment. The present study aimed to assess theperceived stress, various sources of stress among medical undergraduate students, and the copingstrategies adopted.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross‑sectional study conducted among medicalunder‑graduate students studying at a tertiary care hospital situated in Mumbai city of Maharashtrabetween January and June 2018. Using purposive sampling technique, a total of 450 medical studentsfrom 1st year to final year were invited to participate in the study. A self‑administered questionnaireconsisting of sociodemographic details and perceived stress scale questions was used. Logisticregression analysis was carried out to assess the determinants of stress. Odds ratio, 95% confidenceinterval was calculated. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.RESULTS: The overall response rate was 79.11%, with 356 out of 450 students returning thequestionnaire. Among 356 participants, 324 participants (91%) were suffering from high levelsof stress. Factors such as curriculum vastness, frequency of examination, competition with peer,performance in examinations, worry about future, loneliness, relation with opposite sex, and qualityof food played a major role in creating additional stress.CONCLUSIONS: The perceived stress was higher among female medical students. Academic factorsare greater perceived cause of stress in medical students in this study. A substantial proportion ofmedical undergraduate students were found to be stressed which necessitates appropriate and timelyinterventions. Reframing the academic curriculum along with examination and evaluation patterns,incorporating extracurricular activities, and establishment of counselling cells in the institution is theneed of the hour.

Factors contributing to distress among school and college‑going adolescents during COVID‑19 Lockdown: A cross‑sectional study conducted in Sibi Balochistan, Pakistan

. Muhammad Azam Awais; . Muhammad Minhaj Chaudhery; . Muhammad Sarfraz Khan; . Adam Umair Ashraf Butt; . Abdur Rehman Malik; . Muhammad Numair Khan; . Areeb Khalid; . Mohsin Mahmood; . Mohammad Talal Afzal; . Muhammad Haseeb Waseem

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: Due to the COVID‑19 pandemic, many countries have implemented nationwidelockdowns. While this leads to a decrease in disease transmission, there is a concurrent increase ... Read More BACKGROUND: Due to the COVID‑19 pandemic, many countries have implemented nationwidelockdowns. While this leads to a decrease in disease transmission, there is a concurrent increase inthe levels of psychological distress. To estimate the levels of psychological distress in school‑ andcollege‑going adolescents currently under lockdown and to determine the factors associated withthis psychological distress.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross‑sectional study conducted in Army Public School andCollege (APSAC) Sibi, Balochistan province of Pakistan between March and May 2020. Studentsof APSAC Sibi were enrolled in this research. Modified Kuppuswamy Socioeconomic Scale, GodinLeisure‑Time Exercise Questionnaire, and Kessler‑10 were used for data acquisition. Chi‑squareand t‑tests and univariate analysis (nonparametric test) were performed using the Statistical Packagefor the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0 (IBM, Armonk, US).RESULTS: Out of 225 participants, 57.4% were studying at school. Sixty‑four percent of the participantswere likely to be suffering from psychological distress. There is a significant effect of physical activity,sleep duration, bedtime at night, screen‑time duration, and COVID‑19 positive family member on thelevels of distress. A moderate positive correlation was between psychological distress and bed‑time atnight (rho[223] = 0.328, P < 0.001) and screen time duration (rho[223] = 0.541, P < 0.001). A moderatenegative correlation of physical activity (rho[223] = −0.340, P < 0.001) and a weak negative correlationof sleep duration hours (rho[225] = −0.158, P = 0.018) was found with psychological distress levels.CONCLUSIONS: The COVID‑19 lockdown and pandemic have had a considerable psychologicalimpact on both school‑going and college‑going students, showing increased level of stress. A strongpublic health campaign along with mental and physical and social support programs are the needof the hour.

Breast cancer awareness’s and attitude among regular health‑care users versus irregular in a sample of Kurdish women in the West of Iran

. Zahra Rastad; . Marzieh Kaboudi; . Nematollah Shiri

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-5

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INTRODUCTION: It is universally acknowledged that strengthen the participation rate in breastcancer (BC) screening can find cancer in its earlier stages. The aim of this study was to ... Read More

Countries’ experiences in reforming hospital administration structure based on the Parker and Harding model: A systematic review study

. Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi; . Saber Azami Aghdash; . Mahdi Nouri

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-11

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In recent years, many reforms have been made on the structure of hospital administration, mostof which are proposed by Parker–Harding models. Therefore, the purpose of this study ... Read More

Long‑term outcomes after revascularization and medical therapy in premature coronary artery disease for cost‑effectiveness study: A systematic review protocol

. Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar; . Ali Aboutorabi; . Mohammad Afrouzi; . Marjan Hajahmadi; . Sanaz Karpasand

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: The long‑term outcomes are important concepts for cost‑effectiveness analysisin patients with premature coronary artery disease after revascularization (coronary artery ... Read More

Oral health practice and health‑related quality of life of a group of children during the early stage of the COVID‑19 pandemic in Istanbul

. Işıl Özgül Kalyoncu; . Gizem Özcan; . Betül Kargül

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: During the pandemic period of coronavirus disease, appropriate oral healthmanagement and disease prevention of children are very important for children’s oral and ... Read More BACKGROUND: During the pandemic period of coronavirus disease, appropriate oral healthmanagement and disease prevention of children are very important for children’s oral and generalhealth. The aim of this study was to survey to better understand in children’s dental health and dietaryhabits and to learn about parents’ attitudes toward dental treatment and clinical factors associatedwith their QoL using the Turkish version of KIDSCREEN‑10 during the initial stage of the COVID‑19pandemic in the general public.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A two‑part questionnaire , namely Part 1 addressed topicsregarding changes in general and dental health, dietary habits of children under quarantine, andsociodemographic characteristics of the family and Part 2 impact of QoL was assessed by theKIDSCREEN‑10 scale with 10 questions. The questionnaire was sent online using WhatsApp to aconvenience sample of mothers with children between the age group of 8 and 18 years, who livedin Istanbul. Variables were statistically analyzed using the Student’s t‑test for independent samplesand Univariate F‑test, ANOVA according to the characteristics of variables which were analyzed.RESULTS: This study included 328 from 557 mothers with 58% respondent rate. The consumptionof fast food, packaged food, and carbonated beverages decreased during the COVID‑19 outbreak.Half of the mothers of children reported that they were anxious or fearful about their childrenvisiting dentists during the pandemic and 64.2% of the children missed routine dental visits. TheKIDSCREEN‑10 scores for 13 years old or older children were influenced more by the COVID‑19pandemic than those for the 8–12 years old, who had a better QoL (P = 0.008).CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study emphasize the importance of oral health and QoL ofchildren during the initial phase of the COVID‑19 outbreak. The general perception of QoL in thisgroup of Turkish children seemed to be substantially affected by COVID‑19 outbreak.

Barriers and requirements in the off‑line emergency medical protocols implementation in Iranian Pre‑hospital system: A qualitative study

. Meysam Safi‑Keykaleh; . Davoud Khorasani‑Zavareh; . Zohreh Ghomian; . Saeideh Nateghinia; . Hamid Safarpour; . Reza Mohammadi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-10

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BACKGROUND: To avoid making decisions based on the unproven opinions of emergency medicaltechnicians (EMTs), many emergency medical service (EMS) systems rely on emergency medicalprotocols. ... Read More BACKGROUND: To avoid making decisions based on the unproven opinions of emergency medicaltechnicians (EMTs), many emergency medical service (EMS) systems rely on emergency medicalprotocols. As protocol‑based on‑scene decision‑making is influenced by many challenges, identifyingthese challenges can result in providing appropriate conditions for EMTs’ decision‑making. Therefore,this study aimed to identify the barriers and requirements in the off‑line emergency medical protocolsimplementation m in the prehospital emergency medical system.MATERIALS AND METHODS: To conduct this study, qualitative content analysis using 10 fieldobservations, 22 interviews, and 2 rounds of focus group discussions was applied. The duration ofinterviews lasted from October 2019 to January 2020. The Graneheim and Lundman approach wasused to analyze the data.RESULTS: Seven categories (15 subcategories) including education and awareness (professionaltraining and education and community‑based education); attitudes (professional attitude andcommunity attitude); interactions and coordination (interpersonal interactions, organizationalinterferences, and community’s interactions); rules and instructions (instructions and supportiverules); control system (monitoring and evaluation and motivational system); accessibility (recoursesand communication); and organization (structure and process) were obtained as the obstacles andchallenges in the offline emergency medical protocol implementation in the prehospital system.CONCLUSIONS: There are many challenges in implementing offline emergency medical protocols inthe prehospital emergency system. To achieve the effectiveness and efficiency of offline prehospitalemergency protocols, it is necessary to facilitate these challenges and improve the EMTs’ knowledge,attitude, and performance through cooperative and skill‑based education. The findings of this studycan be useful for EMS systems from national to local levels.

Psychological effects of the COVID‑19 pandemic on dentistry: A systematic review study

. Niloufar Abedi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-7

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The outbreak of the COVID‑19 epidemic started in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, causing manypsychological and occupational effects for the medical staff, including dentists and all those ... Read More

Assessing empathy in final‑year medical students using the Persian version of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy

. Marzieh Nasiri; . Mitra Amini; . Arash Mani; . Somayeh Delavari; . Mahsa Kiani; . Mohammad Mahdi Sagheb; . Parinaz Tabari

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: A doctor–patient relationship built on the concept of empathy is so essential toattain the best clinical outcomes in medicine. Since empathy has a positive role in ... Read More

Psychiatric comorbidities among COVID‑19 survivors in North India: A cross‑sectional study

. Shabir Ahmad Dar; . Mohammad Maqbool Dar; . Shanoo Sheikh; . Inaamul Haq; . Aaliya Mohi Ud Din Azad; . Mehvish Mushtaq; . Naveed Nazir Shah; . Zaid Ahmad Wani

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

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BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease‑19 (COVID‑19) emerged from China and rapidly spreadto many other countries all over the world. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of anxiety,depression, ... Read More

Study of patients’ satisfaction toward photographing their skin lesions for educational purposes

. Ali Amirian; . Mitra Amini; . Mohammad Mahdi Sagheb; . Mehdi Ghahartars; . Razieh Neshatavar; . Parinaz Tabari; . Mahsa Moosavi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Medical images have been widely used for various aims, especially for theeducational purposes. Patient confidentiality and consent should be deemed crucial. In this study,we ... Read More

Association between common stressful life events and coping strategies in adults

. Yousef Veisani; . Zahra Jalilian; . Yasaman Zahra Sadeghifard; . Fathola Mohamadian

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: As shown in previous persons that used the effective coping strategies are moreaware to recent stressful life events in their live, this study conducted to investigate the ... Read More

Developing a health‑promoting school using Knowledge to Action framework

. Yogesh Kumar Jain; . Nitin Kumar Joshi; . Pankaj Bhardwaj; . Kuldeep Singh; . Praveen Suthar; . Vibha Joshi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: There is a lack of organized effort in the arena of school health promotion, whichhas been recognized as an effective approach to combat the growing incidence of communicableand ... Read More BACKGROUND: There is a lack of organized effort in the arena of school health promotion, whichhas been recognized as an effective approach to combat the growing incidence of communicableand noncommunicable diseases. With this view, a study was conducted to develop comprehensiveand replicable model for health promotion in schools.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The Knowledge to Action (KTA) framework recognized by the WorldHealth Organization as an implementational framework was used in an implementation study ina school of urban Jodhpur to assess the challenges and gaps associated with health promotioninterventions in the school. Baseline regarding knowledge application and practices was gatheredusing interviews with school staff, parents, and group interaction with students. Knowledge synthesiswas done by a thorough search of available literature and the gathered baseline. Resource mappingwas carried out using checklists developed from knowledge synthesis. Tailor‑made tools wereconstructed for knowledge implementation for each component of the action cycle. Knowledge offacts related to health behaviors among students was evaluated using pre‑ and postquestionnairesand practical application of knowledge was assessed using a checklist of 28 indicators on a 5‑pointLikert scale. Values of tests were gathered and compared with test values 3 and 6 months after theimplementation of tailored interventions using descriptive and inferential statistics.RESULTS: Increase in correct answers by students (42% to 96%) and average response forindicators on the Likert scale (3.23–4.86) was seen on repeated interventions over 6 months. Tobaccoconsumption by school staff reduced by 20% and an increase in willingness among teachers wasobserved on follow‑up interviews.CONCLUSION: The study thus developed a model for health promotion in a school with the help ofthe KTA framework using tailored interventions that could further be evolved in other setups basedon local needs and available resources.

Effect of instrumental music on anxiety and depression among hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled trial

. Mohammad Imani; . Amir Jalali; . Nader Salari; . Parvin Abbasi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Hemodialysis patients suffer from mental disorders such as anxiety and depression.One of the known nonpharmacological methods to eliminate these disorders is music therapy. ... Read More

Assessing the status and recognizing the performance of various nongovernmental organizations in providing health‑oriented services as opportunities in promoting community health

. Maryam Saber; . Ali Akbar Haghdoost; . Hassan Eftekhar; . Hadise Safinejad

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: nongovernmental organizations (NGOs( are the hidden system of promoting publichealth and the symbol and mediator of people’s participation. The aim of the present ... Read More

Facilitators and barriers of herbal medicine use in diabetic patients: A qualitative study

. Ali Akbar Vaezi; . Ahmad Sotoudeh; . Nasim Namiranian; . Mojtaba Fattahi Ardakani; . Moradali Zareipour

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: In several countries such as Iran, the use of complementary and alternative medicalproducts like herbal medicine is growing. There is, however, a lack of research on the ... Read More

Preparedness of medical students towards e‑learning conducted during COVID‑19 lockdown: A cross‑sectional descriptive study

. Montosh Chakraborty; . Y. Anil Kumar Reddy; . Joy A. Ghoshal; . D. Amudharaj; . Mukesh Tripathi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: COVID-19 lockdown has mandated the medical colleges to start academics usingelectronic mode. Synchronous e-learning was started by our institute to replicate traditional ... Read More

Social media data analysis to predict mental state of users using machine learning techniques

. R. Lokeshkumar; . Om Ashish Mishra; . Shivam Kalra

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-11

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BACKGROUND: Social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram etc., arebecoming very popular now not only for youth but for all walks of life. People are more often seen ... Read More

Clinical informationist participation in grand round sessions of gastroenterology department: An action research study

. Elahe Zare‑Farashbandi; . Peyman Adibi; . Alireza Rahimi; . Firoozeh Zare‑Farashbandi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-11

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BACKGROUND: Nowadays, providing access to the required information by clinical informationist (CI)is vital for clinical teams to make the best decision. This study was carried out to ... Read More

Challenges to volunteers’ participation toward primary health‑care system and providing managerial solutions

. Mostafa Alimehr; . Asgar Aghaei Hashjin

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: The role of citizens’ participation in the process of social, economic, and culturaldevelopment is necessary. Institutionalizing this role is inevitable to identify ... Read More BACKGROUND: The role of citizens’ participation in the process of social, economic, and culturaldevelopment is necessary. Institutionalizing this role is inevitable to identify priorities and also planning,implementing, and evaluating health services. This study aimed to identify challenges ahead ofvolunteers’ participation toward primary health‑care (PHC) system and providing managerial solutions.MATERIALS AND METHOD: The study employed a qualitative research design. The data werecollected via semi‑structured interviews with key experts in the Ministry of Health, university educationand health promotion officials, education experts, health center staff, and health volunteers. Then,a focused group discussion method was employed to provide solutions. The participants wereselected via the purposive sampling method. The qualitative data were analyzed using a thematicanalysis method.RESULTS: The analyzed data were categorized into 6 main themes and 24 subthemes. The mostimportant challenges were categorized into six temporal, management, education, quality of services,motivation, and infrastructural themes. Allocating special funds for the health volunteer program,paying attention to the problems of the health workers, providing motivational programs, holdingregular retraining courses and providing educational software for health volunteers, holding regulartraining courses for health trainers and volunteers, and supporting the health volunteer program areamong the solutions.CONCLUSION: The present study showed that the health volunteer program in the PHC systemfaces several challenges, most of which are organizational and managerial ones. Therefore, amultifaceted approach should be used to improve the participation of health volunteers. In addition tomotivational factors, factors such as allocating proper resources, empowering trainers, and mobilizingthe community should be also considered. It seems that interaction among health system, people,and health volunteers should be improved.

Interprofessional education in a community‑based setting: An opportunity for interprofessional learning and collaboration

. Fatemeh Keshmiri; . Tohid Seif Barghi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: An interprofessional community‑based education provides proper situationsthat learners can be prepared to play their professional responsibilities and team duties in thecommunity. ... Read More BACKGROUND: An interprofessional community‑based education provides proper situationsthat learners can be prepared to play their professional responsibilities and team duties in thecommunity. This study aims to assess the effect of interprofessional community‑based educationon attitudes and performances of learners toward interprofessional collaboration and their readinessfor interprofessional learning.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study is a quasi‑experimental design. The learners in six differentdisciplines, including medicine, pharmacy, nursing, midwifery, public health, and nutrition (n=122) atShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences were participated in the present study. in the presentstudy, interprofessional education intervention was conducted in two steps. First, the interprofessionallearning situation brought learners the familiarity with the concepts of interprofessional collaboration,teamwork, and educational medical content, such as backache, fatty liver, diabetes, and HIV. Second,learners from different disciplines participated in interprofessional teams in community settings. Theselearners taught people about health‑related topics, such as backache, fatty liver, and HIV. Participantsfilled out the questionnaires before and after interventions. Data were analyzed by Student’s t‑testand one‑way ANOVA in SPSS 16.0 software (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).RESULTS: The present results showed that the scores of learners in readiness for interprofessionallearning 3.82 (0.35) versus 4.60 (0.29) (P = 0.001) (P = 0.0001), attitudes to interprofessional teamwork3.83 (0.40) versus 4.18 (0.30) (P = 0.0001) (P = 0.0001), interprofessional collaboration 7.46 (0.70)versus 8.35 (0.43) (P = 0.001) improved significantly before and after the educational interventions.CONCLUSION: The present results showed that interprofessional community‑based educationhas improved the readiness of the learners for interprofessional learning. Besides, attitude towardteamwork and interprofessional collaboration performance have also been improved from participants’viewpoints.

The mediating role of students’ academic resilience in the relationship between self‑efficacy and test anxiety

. Ali Asghar Hayat; . Hydar Choupani; . Hatam Faraji Dehsorkhi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: There is growing acknowledgment that medical education can be a stressfulexperience for students and may have a devastating effect on their psychological well‑being. Thepresent ... Read More

New psychometric evidences on the Dental Environment Stress questionnaire among Romanian students

. Ruxandra Sfeatcu; . Beatrice Adriana Balgiu; . Ioanina Parlatescu

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: The academic environment is a challenge for dental students due to the multiplesources of stress they face. For this reason, the present study analyzes the psychometric ... Read More BACKGROUND: The academic environment is a challenge for dental students due to the multiplesources of stress they face. For this reason, the present study analyzes the psychometric propertiesof the Dental Environment Stress (DES) questionnaire. The secondary objective was to identify thespecific sources of stress perceived by dental students related to gender and years of study.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross‑sectional study was conducted among dentalstudents (n = 340; Mage = 22.45) from the Romanian University of Medicine and Pharmacy inOctober– December 2019. The factorial structure of the questionnaire was performed by meansof the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the multi group‑CFA. The convergent and divergentvalidities were measured by associating DES with scales that measure depression, anxiety, andtension/stress (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale‑21‑R), perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale‑14),and life satisfaction (Satisfaction with Life Scale).RESULTS: New measure obtained supported a five‑factor and thirty‑item structure, which is genderinvariant. All the factors within DES have a significant positive correlation with depression, anxiety,tension/stress, and perceived stress and a negative correlation with life satisfaction. The Cronbach’sα coefficients are acceptable (range: 0.67–0.89). The female students perceive aspects related toperformance, the relations with the faculty, clinical responsibilities, and personal life to be morestressful than males. Senior students perceive more stressed aspects related to personal life, whilefreshmen have higher scores on stress associated with clinical responsibilities.CONCLUSIONS: The present results show that DES has psychometric properties which are adequatefor the assessment of dental stress in the case of Romanian students; nevertheless, it is necessaryto extend the use of DES to students attending other universities and to dental practitioners.

Effect of a self‑help educational program with peer group on anxiety of mothers of children with cancer: A clinical trial study

. Akram Gholamian; . Masoud Bahrami; . Mohammad Reza Sherbafchi; . Mahboobeh Namnabati

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: The mental health of the mothers of the children with cancer is strongly influencedby the child’s illness and treatment process. This study aimed to investigate the ... Read More

The 4-month effect of Vitex agnuscastus plant on sexual function of women of reproductive age: A clinical trial

. Seyedeh Fatemeh Dalil Heirati; . Giti Ozgoli; . Roya KabodMehri; . Faraz Mojab; . Shamim Sahranavard; . Malihe Nasiri

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

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BACKGROUND: Sexual dysfunction in women is a common disorder. Yet, there is no consensuson its treatment. Few studies have shown that Vitex agnus‑castus improves sexual dysfunction ... Read More

Mental workload and occupational burnout among the faculty members and administrative staff of Yazd Public Health School

. Reza Jafari Nodoushan; . Farzan Madadizadeh; . Vida Sadat Anoosheh; . Fahima Boghri; . Khalil Taherzadeh Chenani

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Administrative staff may be exposed to a great deal of the mental workload (MWL)due to the long working hours and the responsibility of responding to large numbers of clients.Occupational ... Read More

Evaluation of workshop on teaching skills for medical postgraduates (Ramachandra Annual Postgraduate Teaching Skills)

. K. Dilara; . R. Padmavathi; . K. Maheshkumar; . S. Anandan; . P. V. Vijayaraghavan

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Postgraduate medical curriculum is usually devoted to developing competenciesin the specialty concerned, patient care, and submitting dissertations. The need to impart teachingskills ... Read More

Validity and reliability of a virtual education satisfaction questionnaire from the perspective of cardiology residents during the COVID‑19 pandemic

. Behshid Ghadrdoost; . Parham Sadeghipour; . Ahmad Amin; . Hooman Bakhshandeh; . Feridoun Noohi; . Majid Maleki; . Mohammad Mehdi Peighambari; . Majid Haghjoo; . Mohammad‑Javad Alemzade‑Ansari; . Mohammad Sadeghvashveshady; . Bahram Mohebbi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic has prompted the furthervirtualization of medical education. The satisfaction level of specific users such as cardiology ... Read More

An assessment of noise exposure and hearing health status among auto body workers in Kermanshah, Iran

. Masoud Ghanbari Kakavandi; . Ali Omidi; . Amir Hossein Hashemian; . Mehdi Jabari; . Arsalan Hamidi; . Ebadolah Bavandpur; . Naser Dehghan

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Unwanted sound is recognized as the most extensive source of contaminantin the workplace. Exposure to intense, continuous, and higher than 85 dB level noise can lead tonoise‑induced ... Read More

The effect of bio ethical principles education on ethical attitude of prehospital paramedic personnel

. Mohammad Mahdi Doust Mohammadi,; . Hakimeh Sheikhasadi; . Shahla Ayoubi Mahani; . Abolfazl Taheri; . Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri; . Kamel Abdi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: Ethical attitude of paramedic personnel is one of the most important factors in theireffective and useful performance. Therefore, according to the importance of this issue ... Read More

Perception about myths and facts regarding COVID‑19 pandemic infection among science and technology faculties

. Sarika Dakhode; . Ajay Chaware; . Pramita Muntode; . Abhishek Ingole; . Abhishek Joshi

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-10

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BACKGROUND: COVID-19 was declared as pandemic by the WHO in March 2020. Social distancingand hand hygiene is advised during the pandemic to contain the spread of the virus. Rapid sharingof ... Read More

Medical interns; the neglected learners of the maternity ward learning environment

. Masoumeh Rahimi; . Fariba Haghani; . Shahnaz Kohan; . Majid Shirani

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Clinical training during internship is an important part of medical education. Thematernity ward is a clinical environment in which medical students pass their obstetrics ... Read More

Investigating the effect of social support, social capital, and coping on the positive state of mind of Iranian older people with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

. Neda SoleimanvandiAzar; . Nasibeh Zanjari; . Salah Eddin Karimi; . Seyed Fahim Irandoost; . Mohammad Ali Mohammadi Gharehghani; . Arash Ziapour; . Sina Ahmadi; . Mozhgan Moshtagh

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: Social resources help to adapt to stress and might positively affect the well‑beingof individuals with severe conditions like human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiencysyndrome ... Read More

Performance evaluation of selected machine learning algorithms for COVID‑19 prediction using routine clinical data: With versus Without CT scan features

. Mostafa Shanbehzadeh; . Hadi Kazemi-Arpanahi; . Azam Orooji; . Sara Mobarak; . Saeed Jelvay

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-11

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BACKGROUND: Given coronavirus disease (COVID‑19’s) unknown nature, diagnosis, and treatmentis very complex up to the present time. Thus, it is essential to have a framework ... Read More

Student perceptions: Background to a new ethics curriculum in Indian medical colleges

. Shimpa Sharma; . Rakesh Sharma; . Rajesh K. Khyalappa; . Shweta Sharma; . Samin Kandoth

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: Ethic education as a part of medical school curriculum is one which requiresconstant re‑evaluation and re‑emphasis. The medical regulatory body of India has, in recent ... Read More

A study comparing depression, anxiety, and coping styles between high school students attending and not attending coaching class for medical entrance examination

. Krishan Kumar Sharma; . Parth Singh Meena; . Charan Singh Jhilowa; . Shubham Jhanwar; . Jitendra Rohilla; . Pinki Tak; . Mahendra Jain

Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: Various kinds of stressors and psychological problems have been reported inthe adolescent student population. This study assessed and compared depression, anxiety, andvarious ... Read More

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