بررسي ميزان تاثير برنامه آموزش بهداشت بر كاهش كچلي سر در مدارس ابتدايي پسرانه شهرستان چابهار

Affect to Health Education Program on Decreasing of Tinea Capitis in Chabahar Primary Schools

The present research is a quasi-experimental (case-control) study, which is carried out in 1380 in order to evaluate the efficacy of health education program on the rate of Tinea capitis affected male children in Chabahar primary schools. Tools and data gathering methods used in this research include: questionnaire, check list and laboratory samples of skin, hair and nail (direct slide exam-culture in specific culture media for 20 days). Data have been gathered in two periods. At the beginning of research, regarding to the previous information two third classes (35 graders in each class) from two primary schools apparently similar from economical, social and illness point of view, were selected as experimental and control groups. Prevalence of Tinea capitis in both groups was equal to 20%. After pre-test according to the data obtained, educational program and context were prepared and then the educational intervention was performed in experimental group. Post-test was done after 2 months. It must be mentioned that in both pre-tests and post-test, related exams confirmed clinical findings of Tinea capitis cases. Based on the results of this study, the statistical analysis (Paired t-test) showed a significant difference for the effect of health education program on increasing health knowledge, attitude and behavior of experimental group students (P<0.0001). When comparing morbidity variation between groups before and after education, the statistical analysis (Mc.Nemar Test) showed a significant variation in control group (P=0.06). Incidence rate in both groups was determined (I.Re=1128, I.Rc=5128) and by calculation of relative risk (RR=5), we can conclude that morbidity risk of Tinea capitis in control group is 5 times more than that of experimental group. Thus, health education program has had positive effect on prevention of Tinea capitis and may have an effective role in decreasing Tinea capitis incidence rate in school children.