The Effect of Health Education on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of High School Students' Towards Brucellosis in Yazd

Abstract

Brucellosis, as an infectious disease, constitutes a major health and economic problem around the world including Yazd province. It is aimed to set a health educational program regarding to KAP of students about brucellosis and evaluate its effects. All students of the largest male high school, as a quasi-experimental and before and after study were conducted in Yazd province using a 34 itemized questionnaire. The knowledge of students about brucellosis, sign of disease and the principals of prevention of disease was significantly increased after intervention. The attitude and practice of students about Brucellosis has also increased after suitable designing of educational programs by physicians. It can be concluded that physicians can play an important role in such this health educational programme and this method can be empowered the community for control of endemic disease.