Author/Authors :
Hosseini, Hamid Department of Health Education and Health Promotion - Vector-borne Diseases Research Center - North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences - Bojnurd , Rajabzadeh, Rezvan Vector-borne Diseases Research Center - North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd , Mohaddes Hakkak, Hamidreza Department of Health Education and Health Promotion - School of Health - North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences - Bojnurd , Panahi, Rahman School of Medical Sciences - Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
Abstract :
Oneperson, every second, gets the Cutaneous Leishmaniasis disease. It is endemic in 88 countries, and currently,
10 million people suffer from the disease worldwide. It is
observed in the cities of 15 provinces in Iran. The rural Cutaneous
Leishmaniasis in Iran occurs in Isfahan, Sarakhs,
Esfarayen, Jajarm, Marvdasht Fars, etc. (1). Considering the
importance of health education in controlling the vector
of the disease, it is possible to use different educational
models, such as BASNEF, for effective health education. The
BASNEF model has been formed from the constructs of behavioral
beliefs, attitudes, subjective norms, and enabling
factors abbreviated as the BASNEF (2). The efficacy of this
model has been proven to change the behavior of educators
in volunteer health workers (VHWs) (3) as well as the
behavior of the families covered by them regarding the
prevention of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (4, 5). Therefore,
due to the high prevalence of the disease in Jajarm (1), undesirable
levels of adoption of preventive behaviors in families
living in endemic areas (4), the behavior of VHWs to inform
people about this disease (3), the limited resources to
educate all people in a region, andconsidering the fact that
by trainingVHWs all people in a region can be informed (1),
the present study was conducted to determine the effect
of educational intervention based on the BASNEF model in
the prevention of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis diseaseamong VHWs and families covered by them.
