Assessing the Effectiveness of Covid-19 Prevention Campaign in Health Volunteers of Urmia City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21835087 |
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| Authors | Mohammad Saeed Jadgal (0000-0002-2122-9782, Iranshahr University), Moradali Zareipour (0000-0002-1039-896X, Islamic Azad University, Khoy Branch, corresponding author), Mojtaba Fattahi Ardakani (0000-0001-9989-171X, Diabetes Research Center), Ahmad Sotoudeh (0000-0001-9010-4628, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences), Mina Tasouji Azari (Islamic Azad University of Tabriz) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-169 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Work in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-190X • E-ISSN: 1937-1918 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19371918.2022.2111389 |
| PMID | 36004628 |
| OpenAlex | W4293038217 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
Holding educational campaigns with the purpose of conveying message about one particular behavior in the target group, is one of the society-based educational strategies. This study aimed to investigate the efficiency of the Campaign of COVID-19 Prevention on Health Volunteers in Urmia. The present study was a semi-experimental research, in which the sampling was done in a census way with 200 people participated. In this study, which was done as pre- and posttest, the amount of knowledge, attitude and behavior of health volunteers were evaluated by the designed questionnaires. The campaign was held for 2 months, which has benefited from the five methods of pamphlet, banners, films, social networking sites, and educational classes. After the campaign, the knowledge level, attitude and behavior of Health Volunteers increased to 35.1%, 30.09%, and 29.2%, respectively, which was meaningful statistically. Holding the campaign can trigger positive changes in improving the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of health volunteers, leading to the prevention of a plethora of health problems in society
Environmental health · Health behavior · Health education · Medical education · Positive attitude · Public health · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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