Journal of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

  Background and Objectives : With no cure or effective vaccine , education is the only means of controlling AIDS . Barbers and beauticians can play an effective role for preventing and controling disease. Therefore this study has been done to determine the knowledge and attitude of Birjand barbers and beauticians about AIDS.

  Materials and Methods : This quasi experimental (before-after study design ) study was performed on Birjand 'barbers and beauticians. After assessment Validity and calculating Cronbach's α coefficient, the level of knowledge and attitude was evaluated first by using a questionnaire. Educational program was performed in the health centers. After one month knowledge and attitude was determined again and then was compared with pretest information. Data was analyzed by Independet and paired T tests and ANOVA test.

  Results : From a total of 123 barbers and beauticians with mean age (31.4 ± 8.5) 23 were males and 100 were females. After the education the mean scale of knowledge was increased from 28.2 ± 7.8 to 38.1 ± 6.2 (p=0.001) and attitude from 53.7 ± 7.8 to 57.6 ± 6.7 (p=0.001) respectively. Before intervention 20.3% of samples had good knowledge and 22.7% of them had positive attitude about AIDS. Which after the intervention was increased to 73.2% and 39% respectively (p=0.001) .

  Conclusion : The results of the Study indicated that health education program was effective in promotion of the positive knowledge and attitude of the barbers and beauticians. Educational programs should be considered by health mangers to increase the knowledge of the beauticians and barbers about contagiouse disease especially AIDS.

  Key word : Health Education, Knowledge, Attitude, AIDS, Barbers

  Funding : This research was funded by Birjand University of Medical Sciences.

  Conflict of Interest :None declared.

  Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Birjand University of medical sciences , approved the study.

  How to cite this article : Bijari B, Abassi A, Sharifzade Gh.R, Salehi S . Effects of Health Education Program on Knowledge and Attitude of Barbers and Beauticians in Birjand about AIDS . J Rafsanjan Univ Med Scie 2012 11(5): 505-10. [Farsi]

  B ackground and Objectives: Education is one of the best methods of to preventing AIDS identifying learners’ information resources are necessary to design effective training programs . This study was done to determine the non- medical students’ information sources and ways of preventing HIV transmission .

  Materials and Methods: This Cross-sectional study was done on 384 non medical students by sampling method. Data was collected based on Researcher made questionnaire in three sections: first demographic characteristic , questions about knowledge (20 questions) and the third section was devoted to questions about information sources . Data was analyzed by Chi square and Mann-Whitney tests.

  Results: The mean knowledge score of participants was 50.4±4. Ten point four percent of participants had medium knowledge and 89.6% of them had good knowledge . 63.7 % of students used television as their main source of information, and only in 16 % of the students their families were the most important sources of information . In this study the relationship between source use and knowledge of students was significant (p<0.05).

  Conclusion: This study indicates that the national media educational content about AIDS education should become richer considering the fact that television discussing issues about AIDS prevention and transmission on television is limited so it is recommended that students be encouraged to use a combination of other sources. In addition it is suggested that the Educational content about " prevention of HIV transmission " be added to the curriculm of all the students.

  Key words: AIDS, Information Source, Non-Medical Students

  Funding: This research was funded by Rafsanjan university of medical sciences approved the study.

  Conflict of Interest: None declared.

  Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Rafsanjan university of medical sciences approved the study

  How to cite this article : Lotfi pur Rafsanjani SM, Ravari A, Rezaeian M, Akbarinasab J . Sources of Information, About Aids Transmission and Prevention in Non Medical students in Rafsanjan (2011) . J Rafsanjan Univ Med Scie 2012 12(1): 47-56. [Farsi]

F. Balali Meybodi[1], S.V. Ahmadi Tabatabaei[2], M .Hasani[3]

Received: 17/09/2013 Sent for Revision: 06/11/2013 Received Revised Manuscript: 15/01/2014  Accepted: 01/03/2014

Background and Objective: AIDS is one of the most serious and fatal infectious diseases. The self-efficacy of preventive behaviors can be effective in promoting health and controlling the major problems of the world. This study was carried out to find the relationship between self-efficacy and perceptiveness, benefits and severity in regard to adopting AIDS  preventive behaviours among university students.

Materials and Methods: This study was done with 296 students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences  who were enrolled into this cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study by stratified random sampling in 2011. Data were collected by a questionnaire including demographic part, awareness-testing questions and constructs of perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits and self-efficacy. Judgment criteria for ranking the participants were levels of responding  less than 50% and over 75%. Data analysis was performed using independent t test, ANOVA, x² test and Pearson correlation coefficient.

Results: 44.7% of the self-efficacy score, 58.8% of the knowledge score and 80.3% of perceived benefits score of students were assessed as suitable levels. While only 3.5% of sensitivity score and less than 1% of perceived severity score were in good levels. Self-efficacy score showed significant relationship with gender (p=0.004), perceived awareness (p=0.001) and perceived benefits (p=0.000) while, it released no significant relationship with age, field of study, marital status and perceived susceptibility and severity (p>0.05).

Conclusion: It seems that it will have useful results to pay attention to the role of awareness and perceived benefits in order to increasing self-efficacy of participants. It is recommended in future studies should examine the relationship between these structures and AIDS preventive behaviours.

Key words: AIDS, University students, Perceived self-efficacy, Perceived susceptibility, Perceived severity, Perceived benefits, Awareness

Funding: This research was funded by Kerman University of Medical Sciences.

Conflict of Interest: None declared

Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Kerman University of Medical Sciences (Ethics code: KA/90/119 ) apporoved the study.

How to cite this article: Balali meybodi F, Ahmadi Tabatabaei S.V, Hasani M. The Relationship of Self-Efficacy with Awareness and Perceptiveness Severity and Benefits in Regard to Adopting AIDS Preventive Behaviors among Students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2011. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2014 13(3): 223-34.

Background and Objective: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as a major health challenge has close relationship with high-risk behaviour. Patterns and changes in risk behaviour associated with HIV are important factors in creating a community-level HIV epidemic. The current study examined the prevalence and patterns of risky behaviour before and after the diagnosis of HIV-positive individuals.

Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 130 HIV-positive people were selected through census method in Rafsanjan health center 1 (n = 55) and Kerman behavioral diseases center (n = 75) in 2012. The patients were interviewed thrugh of checklist made by resercher by a psychiatrist and necessary information was collected before and after the diagnosis of HIV infection. Data were analyzed using chi-square, Fisher's exact, and McNemar's tests.

Results: The mean age of patients was 40.12 ± 8.20 years and most of them were male. Before HIV diagnosis, the frequencies of injecting drugs, the use of collaborative injection tools and unprotected sexual behavior were  61.5%, 43.1% and 40%, respectively.

Conclusion: According to findings, the probable cause of the high-risk behavior for HIV infection in this study was similar to the national pattern. Risky behavior had significant changes in different directions after diagnosis.

Key words: Frequency, Risky behavior, AIDS, HIV, Behavioral diseases center

Funding: This research was funded by Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences.

Conflict of interest: None declared.

Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, approved the study.

How to cite this article: Torkashvand F, Asadpor M, Sheikh Fathollahi M, Sheikhi E, Salehi Shahrbabaki M.H, Hoseini OR, Bakhtar M, Bidaki R. Frequency of High Risk Behaviour in HIV Positive Patients Referred to Centers for Behavioural Disorders of Rafsanjan and Kerman in 2012. J RafsanjanUniv Med Sci 2015 14(7): 587-98. [Farsi]

Background and Objectives: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is one of the important pandemic diseases in different societies. Since the beginning of the epidemic, almost 71 million people have been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and about 34 million people have died of HIV. Prevention as the most important method is proposed to deal with the HIV epidemic in the world. Knowledge of AIDS and its transmission routes is an essential step in prevention. This study was designed to assess the epidemiology of HIV and potential risk factors in Mazandaran province.

Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study is related to HIV-positive patients in the Mazandaran province that their information have been reported by the Universities of Medical Sciences and Health Services from 1986 to date 2014/09/23. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test.

Results: Totally, 347 patients with HIV/AIDS in Mazandaran province have been identified, out of which 270 patients (77.81%) were males and 77 (22.19%) were females. In the 25-34 years age group, 130 patients (37.46%) infected with HIV/AIDS that had the highest proportion among the age groups included. According to the statistics obtained, the most common transmission route of HIV was intravenous drug use in Mazandaran province (67.15%).

Conclusion: The results showed that the most common transmission route of HIV is intravenous drug use in Mazandaran province and that continuous training and early detection need to be considered for disease control.

Key words: AIDS, HIV, Epidemiology, Immunodeficiency syndrome, Mazandaran

Funding: This study was funded by Babol University of Medical Sciences.

Conflict of interest: None declared.

Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Babol University of Medical Sciences approved the study.

How to cite this article: Moshrefi AH, Hosseini SM, Amani R, Razavimehr SV, Aghajanikhah MH, Mahmoodi P. Investigation of Aids Epidemiology in Mazandaran Province during 1986-2014. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2016; 15(6): 575-82. [Farsi]