study of training influence on the knowledge of the female students of Shiraz University dormitories about breast and cervix cancer screening examinations

The effect of screening and early diagnosis of the breast and cervix cancer on increasing the survival and life quality of patients has been proven. The awareness of the young women of screening examination for such cancers is very helpful on early diagnosis and good prognosis. This study has been carried out to determine the effect of training the female students on breast and cervix cancer screening examinations in Shiraz [medical and non-medical sciences] universities dormitory. This interventional case-control study has been done on 400 students. Simple random sampling was applied for the selection of the dormitory female students. The intervention tool was an educational pamphlet. Data was collected by a questionnaire before and after the intervention, data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test and Chi-suare with confidence interval of 95%. The mean point of controls was 10.54 in pre-test and 11.50 in post-test. This was not statistically significant [P=0.12]. The mean point of cases was 8.96 in pre-test and increased to 13.96 in post-test. This was statistically significant [P<0.001]. Before and after intervention, medical students had more knowledge than others. Non-medical students had acquired much more information from the pamphlet [58.9%]. The educational effect of the pamphlet on the student's knowledge has been observed. Thus, the expansion of medical training to target groups, especially non-medical students is recommended. It is proposed that health care managers apply this simple tool to expand the community health behavior

[ effect of educational program based on BASNEF model on diabetic [Type II] eyes care in Kazemi's Clinic, [Shiraz]]

Ocular complications are the most important impediment that result from uncontrolled blood sugar among diabetics. For eye care, patients need to be educated on how to control their blood sugar and increase their behavioral preventive skills. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of educational program based on the BASNEF [Belief, Attitude, Subjective Norm, Enabling Factors] Model on Diabetic [Type II] eye care in Nader Kazemi Clinic, Shiraz City. This is a perspective and quasi-experimental intervention study, the research population being type II diabetics, between the ages of 40 and 65 years, having had diabetes for over 5 years. During the first visit of the subjects' eyes exam, 68 of 215 patients, diagnosed with ocular complications, were eliminated from the study. Finally, 100 diabetic patients, fulfilling the inclusion criteria, participated in the study, and were randomly divided to two groups, experimental and controls. The instruments for data collecting were a questionnaire established based on the BASNEF Model, a check list related to patient practice on the basis of self reporting, a check list for recording the patients' HbA[1]c and FBS levels, and the ophthalmologist's eyes exam report as well. All groups completed the questionnaires and check lists, and ophthalmic eye examination results were documented before and three months after intervention. The patients of the experimental group participated in 6 educational session classes during the one month of intervention and again two months after, with 2 session meeting classes as the follow up of intervention. The data were collected and analyzed by SPSS computer software. Our findings indicated that mean scores of BASNEF Model variables [beliefs, attitudes, subjective norm, enabling factors] were significantly increased in the experimental group compared to the controls after intervention. Also, behavioral eye care, rate of HbA[1]c [before intervention as 8.65% after three months 7.47%] and FBS levels [before intervention 207.08, after three months 124.2] improved significantly among the experimental group, compared to control group. Applying the BASNEF Model is very effective for developing an educational program for diabetics, in order to control their blood sugar and enhancing behavioral eye care. Besides such programs, follow up education on controlling and monitoring is highly recommended