effect of health education program on knowledge and attitude of khoy health workers about prevention and control of diabetes

effect of health education program on knowledge and   attitude of khoy health workers about prevention   and control of diabetes     r. zakariaee [1] , a. aineri [2] , a. didarlou [3] , a. khorami [4]     abstract:   history & objective: diabetes, is a worldwide problem that has dangerous effects on people, families and communities health. thus, in the present study, we have evaluated effect of heath education program on knowledge and attitude of health workers about prevention and control of diabetes.   methods & material: in this quasi experimental study, 58 health workers were selected by simple random sampling for studying (in a before and after group). for gathering of data questionnaire was utilized.   results: in accordance to the research, before education 44.8% of the health words had less knowledge, 39.76% of them had average knowledge & 15.5% had acceptable knowledge but after the education these variables respectively changed to 6.9%. 44.8% and 48.3%. these changes were confirmed by analytic tests. meanwhile, among demographic variables, only between years of service and literacy level was seen significant difference with knowledge and attitude levels.   conclusion: the research proves that is a logical statistical relationship between the knowledge & attitude of health workers. that is a the health workers become & more education, their knowledge & attitude improves. so this fact proves the new policy of health ministry for employing those who have gotten their high‑school diploma. this research indicated that health education has an important role in promotion of health knowledge and the attitude of health workers about diabetes.     key words: health education, knowledge, attitude, health workers     address: health education second floor, health center, ghamar‑e barnhashern   hospital, basij squar, khol   [1] master of sciences, urmia university of medical sciences   [2] assistant professor, faculty of health, iran university of medical sciences   [3] instructor, urmia university of medical sciences   [4] instructor, urmia university of medical sciences