تاثير آموزش بر مبناي الگوي ارتقاي بهداشتي بر توانمندسازي رابطين بهداشتي مراكز بهداشتي درماني در زمينه پيشگيري از پوكي استخوان

Survey Effect of Education Based on Health Promotion Model on Health Volunteerʹs Empowerment of Health Service in Preventing of Osteoporosis

Introduction: Life expectancy is closed to sixty-five yeas in the world. This rate is higher in developed countries but lower in developing countries In Iran life expectancy is higher than the mean of that in the world, this means that the elderly is increasing. About 13% to 18% of women and 3% to 6% of men in the age of fifty and more are suffering from osteoporosis. It is believed that by involving of public can understand needs of community health to plan for meeting them. In attention to important role of health volunteers in education and preventing of disease including osteoporosis, this study was done to survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of those and to measure effect of health education program based on health promotion in the filed of osteoporosis. Materials & methods: This study is a quasi-experimental in which seventy health volunteers in Semnan city are involved and selected randomly. The tool of collecting data demographic characterizes knowledge, attitude and practice. The questionnaire was full out in two time interval 3 months. One time before teaching based on health promotion model and another after teaching, and data were analyzed by SPSS. Results: The data showed that in the first stage, sixty percent of cases were between 30-40 years old. 45% of them were diploma, Cornparison of the results before and after educational intervention showed that health volunteers knowledge, attitude and practice before intervention was insufficient and joined with false beliefs and ideas as well as incorrect imagination, but the project based on health promotion model has rectified and deepened the information. Discussion: By using of participation-based education especially in health volunteers, it is possible to involve them more with educational subject to prevent from disease such as osteoporosis.