objectives: a public health course has an important role in theundergraduate education of pharmacy and dentistry in termsof emphasizing preventive care. the purpose of this study is toevaluate the views of pharmacy and dentistry students on a publichealth course and preventive health care.methods: 173 students enrolled at ege university, facultiesof pharmacy and dentistry completed a swot (stre...

abstract background: according to the un, and iran's annual report on global disaster, not only ranked among the world's countries in catastrophe risk , but ranks first of highest number death cases after occurrence earthquake. this study designed the impact of effect educational program on safety behavior of primary school students for earthquake according precede model in ahvaz city...

background: the high prevalence of obesity among commercial truck drivers may be related to sedentary nature of the job, lack of healthy eating choices, and lack of exercise. there may be a link between obesity and crash risk, therefore an intervention to reduce obesity in this population is needed. objective: to assess feasibility of a 12-week weight loss intervention for truck drivers with a ...

Curriculum development in masters of public health programs that effectively meets the complex ethical challenges of the 21st century is an important part of public health education and requires ethical reasoning and purposively thinking. Current master programs in Public Health do not regularly include modules in public health ethics. The aim of this paper is to present background and theoreti...

This paper considers the social forces leading to the establishment of pioneering public health education programs in the United States. Schools of Public Health emerged in the United States as the result of a confluence of factors, including the changing nature of higher education, the development of commerce and industry, the rise to prominence of the science of bacteriology, and the urbaniza...

background and aim: accidents can happen to children more than other age groups. given their specific behavioral and physiological traits, children require care on the part of adults. this study aimed to evaluate the effects of two educational methods based on orem’s self-care model, i.e. storytelling and lecturing, on knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy of mothers of children 1 to 59 months ...

of planning. according to the family physician’s idea, evaluating programs in order to improve them is one of the necessities of promoting quality and increases the efficiency and effectiveness of continuing education. this study aimed to determine family physicians’ educational needs regarding health and its applicability in continuous medical education in fasa university of medical sciences. ...

background & aim : dietary behavior modification has an important effect on chronic disease occurrence. this study aimed to examine the effects of an education program on nutritional knowledge, attitude, and behavior among female students studying in bojnord, iran. methods & materials : this was a clinical trial that was conducted in 2009. of all secondary schools, 2 classes were randomly selec...

Over the past three years (2006-2008), the medical/health and public health communities have shown a growing interest in using online 3D virtual worlds like Second Life(R) (http://secondlife.com/) for health education, community outreach, training and simulations purposes. 3D virtual worlds are seen as the precursors of 'Web 3D' , the next major iteration of the Internet that will follow in the...

BACKGROUND This study assesses the accuracy and comprehensiveness of online public health education materials from the three Australian cities with active lead mines and or smelters: Broken Hill, Mount Isa and Port Pirie. METHODS Qualitative content analysis of online Australian material with comparison to international best practice where possible. RESULTS All materials provided incomplete...