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Background: Acceptance, learning and use of preventive health behaviors by teams of health workers, using new techniques, is a necessity and powerful need to improve the quality and efficiency of education. This study aimed to measure the satisfaction of employees from a variety of web-based instruction in preventive intervention for hepatitis B grew
Materials and methods: This study was done in 2013 on the staff of the health care center of East Tehran. The web-based training were studied after the first test [for 5 sessions in 4 groups of 30], and six months after physical education [7 times in 6 groups of 20 training] by 2 teachers .At the end, questionnaire was completed to assess their satisfaction with the quality, content, presentation, and collaboration on the line. Data were analyzed using software SPSS19 by X[2], Pearson's correlation, Fridman and Mann-Whitney U tests
Results: WBL study showed the highest satisfaction. Frequency of satisfaction were 48.33% for presentation material, 42.5% for group participation, 41.66% for getting personal information bank approval, 39.17% for the finished questionnaire under web page, 48.33% for the working group of instructor and 35% for the meetings of the LMS fit the needs of employees. Demographic variables, except gender of staff members, had effect on satisfaction in the E-learning courses. Overall, the mean knowledge, attitude and behavior before and after WBL training were significantly different [P <0.05]
Conclusion: The results showed that acceptance, learning and teaching practices via WBL is in advance, because staff training programs doesn't need to leave the service, waste of time, and stress from traffic, and get other sources and content in right time. So it is required to set some measures, such as forming committees, to set priorities by providing a summary web-based learning environment in topics courses
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Health care working should be considered as an occupational hazard. Risk of blood-borne viruses and preventing needle stick injuries, high costs of treatment and many patients capability lead to principles are called standard precautions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the standard precautions for preventing hepatitis B infection in the health care staff. A cross sectional study was conducted on 135 employees of health services . Data were collected using questionnaires for data analysis and statistical software was used SPSS-Verl9. 23% of employees had been injured at least one time during their working years. 30 [21%] cases of injuries were reported, logistic regression analysis showed that the most important factors of decreasing the risk of injuries and raising the standard precautions were health care workers willingness to work [OR =1.78, CI=6.38-0.49] and standard precautions at the health center officials [OR =1.67, CI=3.62-0.53]. Between jobs [p= 0.12], jobs status, educational level and the cause of injury [P< 0.05] with injuries significant relation were observed. The most common cause of injury was getting blood [10.40%] and the most prevalent means or instrument of damage was needle [11.10%]. Our findings need to be revised in new construction principles affecting specialists' standard precautions for prevention of hepatitis B infection
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As adolescent tobacco smoking has become a widespread problem in developing countries, it is time to understand the cognitive determinants of adolescents' decisions to engage in tobacco smoking. This study aimed to investigate the predicting factors associated with tobacco smoking among male adolescents based on Prototype Willingness Model [PWM] as a theoretical framework. This descriptive-analytical study was carried out on 810 male adolescents of Hamadan City western Iran, recruited with a multistage sampling method. The data-gathering tool consisted of a questionnaire based on the PWM constructs. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-19 software, by bivariate correlations, liner and logistic regression tests. The prevalence of current tobacco smoking was 17.2%. Behavioral willingness and subjective norms were the most important predictors of behavioral intentions, whereas subjective norms, attitude and prototype were the most important predictors for behavioral willingness. The result obtained from logistic regression analysis revealed that both pathways of PWM constructs [behavioral intention [OR=1.207; 95% CI: 1.13, 1.28] and behavioral willingness [OR=1.334; 95% CI: 1.25, 1.41] were significant predicting factors for tobacco smoking among male adolescents. The framework of the PWM is applicable and useful in understanding tobacco smoking among male adolescents. In addition, the results revealed the importance of social reaction path when examining adolescents' smoking status