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Survey the Status of Media in Health Education in Iran
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S Abolkheyrian *   , H Tehrani , A Nasiry , M Ardestani , F Rakhshani , A Babaei haidar abadi , M Jafarpour |
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Abstract: (14329 Views) |
| educational media has been considered to provide information and skills necessary for healthy decision-making and community h-ealth promotion. Therefore, evaluation of health education media is essential to impr-ove and promote the quality of health edu-cation.
Materials & Methods: The study samples included all produced media in all Iran me-dical universities, offices, and centers affili-ated to the ministry of health during 2005 to 2010. All of the media under investigation were categorized by type and topic through software that was designed for this purpose and then, they were analyzed.
Findings: Results of this study showed that 16.44% of the media produced in the com-municable diseases subject and 13.33% produced in the non-communicable subject. Pamphlet had the highest percentage of the media (34.91%) and Multimedia had the lowest percentage (0.0001%). Study findi-ngs also showed that the non-print media comprised only 6% of the mass media.
Discussion & Conclusion: Given the imp-ortant role of educational media, especially new media in Increasing the knowledge and community empowerment, it is recomm-ended to paid more attention to the neces-sity of new media to inform health educa-tors. |
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| Keywords: education, health, media |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Health Education
Received: 2013/06/11 | Accepted: 2013/10/21 | Published: 2013/10/21
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