TY - JOUR T1 - Knowledge, Attitude and Performance Students of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences-Yazd about Recycling Solid Material: A Short Report TT - آگاهی، نگرش و عملکرد دانشجویان دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی درمانی شهید صدوقی یزد در زمینه بازیافت مواد زائد جامد: گزارش کوتاه JF - RUMS_JOURNAL JO - RUMS_JOURNAL VL - 12 IS - 2 UR - http://journal.rums.ac.ir/article-1-1695-en.html Y1 - 2013 SP - 157 EP - 164 KW - Recycling KW - Knowledge KW - Attitude KW - Performance KW - Student N2 -   Background and Objectives: Recycling and reuse of solid waste , due to lower raw materials costs , saving energy reduction of disposal lack and depleting of resources and increasing the pollution of environment has been raised as an economic model for a long time . Therefore, the aim of this study was the survey of knowledge, attitude and performance of students of Shahid Sadoughi University of medical sciences-Yazd about recycling solid material.   Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was performed on the 252 students from Shahid Sadoughi University of medical sciences-Yazd by classification method in 2012. Data collection tool was a questionnaire with 27 valid and reliable questions in four sections: Demographic (3 questions), knowledge (10 questions), attitudes (7 questions) and performance (6 questions) and a question about the students' source of information t was completed by students by self-report. Statistical analysis was carried out by analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlation and t-test .   Results: The mean of knowledge score 11.36±2.54 (score range 0-20), 11.6±2.37 in girls, 10.79±2.85 boys were reported respectively. The mean of attitude score 25.9± 2.98 (scores range 7-35), in the girls 26.17± 2.66 and the boys 25.25±3.55, respectively the mean of performance scores 6.17±3.12 (score range 0-8) respectively in the girls 3.29±1.35 and the boys 2.73±1.45 were reported. Also between the knowledge and attitude ( r= 0.298, p M3 ER -