1 2476-7182 Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences 72 Special Relation between health locus of control with health-promoting behaviors of high school students in Bandar Abbas, Iran Aghamolaei T Darsareh F Poorahmad-Garbandi F Ghanbarnejad A 1 7 2015 2 2 1 9 20 04 2015 15 07 2015 Introduction: Health promoting behaviors is one of the best ways that people can protect and maintain their health. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between health locus of control with health promoting behaviors among high school students in Bandar Abbas, Iran. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. To collect data, from A of Wallston questionnaire and Adolescent Health Promotion Scale were used. Out of 378 questionnaire. 342 were completed (Response rate=90.5%). Data were analyzed by SPSS 19 Software. Pearson correlation and multiple regression analisis were used to analyze and predict health promoting behaviors throught health locus of control dimensions. Results: The mean age of participants was 16.1 (SD=1.1) and 44.7% of them were male. Based on regression analysis, 12% of health promoting behaviors changes were explained by health locus of control dimensions (R2 = 12%, F= 15.5, P<0.001). Internal locus of control (B=0.25, P<0.001) and powerful others (B=0.16, P<0.001) significantly predict health promoting behaviors. Conclusion: For increasing the health promoting behaviors in students, improvement of internal locus of control and advising to follow the instructions of physicians and health experts is recommended.
73 Special Community Assessment for Determination and Diagnosis of Health-related Problems in Aliny Village Meshginshahr functions in Ardebil Rafiemanesh H Yari M Khodabakhshi nejad V Holakui Naeini K 1 7 2015 2 2 10 17 25 04 2015 12 08 2015 Introduction: Understanding the real problems of a community is necessary for planning towards improving and promoting the health of community members. In most cases, there is a gap between the problems identified by the public authorities and the problems considered by people. One of the best ways to reduce this gap is community assessment which is recognition, maintenance, and mobilization of resources for creating and achieving a shared vision of the community. Methods: This study was conducted in Aliny village which is located in Meshkin-shahr city in Ardabil Province using North Carolina 8-stage model and the model which has been developed in health school of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Results: The study identified a range of problems and which were prioritized in the following order: Unemployment, psychological disorder and depression, drug abuse and addiction, marriage at an early age, no proper roads, inadequate waste disposal and sewage systems, high blood pressure, lack of drinking water and water outage in summer, shortage of water resources for agriculture, insufficient water dams, lack of cooperation from the authorities to grant loans to create jobs. Finally, an action plan for decreasing the unemployment in Aliny village was developed. Conclusion: This study showed that the investigated community has a wide range of social, economical, cultural and health problems and community assessment model is an efficient method for recognition and diagnosis of the community problems. 74 Special House dust mite infestation in Kindergartens of Hajiabad city Sanei-Dehkordi A Soleimani-Ahmadi M Madani A Mirzaei H 1 7 2015 2 2 18 23 04 05 2015 12 08 2015 Introduction: House dust mites have been shown to be strongly associated with allergic respiratory diseases such as, bronchial asthma and rhinitis in the world. The climatic conditions of Hajiabbad city which have subtropical climate provide a suitable place to proliferate house dust mites in public residential places. This study was conducted to determine the house dust mite infestation in Kindergartens of Hajiabad city. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Study populations were two Kindergartens which selected randomly in Hajabbad city. In each kindergarten dust samples were collected using vacuum clear. The samples were boiled and cleared in 85% lactic acid and the mites using an entomological needle were collected from the surface of suspension. Specimens were individually mounted on a microscope slide and identified to species by morphological criteria and using identification keys. Results: In this study, in total 482 mites were collected and identified. They comprised of five species: Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (34.23%), D. pteronyssinus farinae (27.18%), D. evansi (21.37%), Cheyletus malaccensis (12.24%) and, Ornithonyssus bacoti (4.98%). The most abundant species was D. pteronyssinus which collected from all of the kindergartens. Conclusion: Results of this study show that kindergartens in Hajiabbad are contaminated by more than one species of house dust mite. Respecting environmental health principles in kindergartens can play an important role in control of mite population and prevention of children respiratory diseases in this city. 75 Special Effective dose of Radon 222 received by tap water in different age groups in Bandar Abbas city Dindarloo K Madani A Fakhri Y 1 7 2015 2 2 24 32 31 05 2015 17 08 2015 Introduction: Radon 222 is a colorless and odorless natural radioactive element with high solubility in water with 3.825 days half-life. The presence of Radon 222 in drinking water can lead to lung or stomach cancers through inhalation or ingestion in the long term. Different age groups have different sensitivity to the risks of Radon 222. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effective dose of Radon 222 received by tap water in different age groups in Bandar Abbas city. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the concentration of Radon 222 of 8 regions of Bandar Abbas city in 48 samples of tap drinking water was measured by portable Radon meter RTM1688-2 in June 2015. The received effective dose by tap drinking water was also calculated in different age groups by UNSCEAR equation. Correspondence: Y. Fakhri, PhD Student. Social Determinants in Health Promotion Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. Bandar Abbas, Iran Tel:+98 9216737245 Email: Ya.fakhri@gmail.com Results: The range and mean concentration of Radon 222 is 87.6-384 Bq/m3 and 234.4±70 Bq/m3, respectively. The mean of the received effective dose in the age groups of adult men, adult women and children and infants was 0.0024±0.0007, 0.0018±0.0005, 0.0007±0.0002 and 0.001±0.0003 mSv/y, respectively. The order of the received effective dose in different age groups was adult men>adult women>infants>children. Conclusion: The effective received dose of all age groups particularly adults is less than the standard limit (0.1 mSv/y), therefore there is no need for treatment of water for removal of Radon 222 in the Bandar Abbas city. 77 Special Knowledge, attitudes and practice toward outbreak of food borne disease in Pardis and Rodehen, 2013 Tamjidi A Holakui Naeini K Ahmadnezhad E 1 7 2015 2 2 33 43 17 06 2015 06 09 2015 Introduction: This Study conducted after diarrheal outbreak that occurred in Pardis city in Iran. The aim of study was to evaluate Knowledge, attitudes and community practice toward outbreak of food borne diseases in Pardis and Rodehen. Methods: A KAP survey was conducted from January to march 2013 enrolling 526 people aged over 15 years (response rate: 97%). The questionnaire included the following parts: (a) 16 questions referred to general and demographic characteristics like gender, educational level, source of health information (b) 12 questions regarding knowledge (Min=0, Max=36) (c) 10 questions regarding attitude (Min=0, Max=50) and (d) nine questions regarding practice (Min=0, Max=27). The data were analyzed by STATA 11 software. Results: The mean scores of knowledge, attitude and practice were 16.34 (SD=4.63), 32.81 (SD=5.03), and 2.66 (SD=3.81) respectively. The mean scores of knowledge, attitude and practice about food-borne and water-borne outbreaks were significantly higher among community without diarrhea outbreak compared to the community with diarrhea outbreak. Also knowledge and practice scores were significantly higher among people who had obtained their health information from television in 30 days ago (P=0.001, P=0.015, P=0.095). According to adjusted linear regression analysis, one unit increase in knowledge or attitude score leads to 0.72 increase in practice score (P<0.001). Conclusion: Increasing the knowledege and attitude of the community towards food and water borne diseases will improve their practice and facilitates controlling the outbreaks of communicable diseases. 78 Special Assessment of risk factors related to sick leave among assembly workers in car manufacturing Faghih M.A Motamedzade M Golmohamadi R Faradmal J Mohammadi H 1 7 2015 2 2 44 54 17 06 2015 06 09 2015 Introduction: Work related musculo-skeletal disorders are major problems in most of industries which can affect production rate and impose direct and indirect costs. The aim of the present study was to assess risk factors causing sick leave in a car manufacturing. Methods: In this cross sectional study, a total of 234 assembly workers were included. Data were recorded using the ergonomics risk assessment checklists and personal information questionnaires. Statistical analsyis was performed using SPSS ver.16 software and chi-square, Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis tests were used Results: The reults showed that the Mean (±SD) of worker’s sick leave in one year prior to the study was 7.5 (±9.5) days. Low back pain was the most prevalent cause of workers’s seak leave. No significant association was found between sick leave and some factors including body posture, manual material handling tasks, and force and power grip. Among the personal factors, age and smoking habits were singnicantly associated with sick leave (P<0.05). Conclusion: This study emphasized that more attention should be paid on ergonomic proplems among assembley workers and ergonomic interventions such as work stations redesign should be considered. 79 Special Prevalence and antibiogram pattern of gram negative bacteria isolated from blood cultures in Shahid mohammadi hospital Bandar Abbas Moradi N Javadpoor S Vahdani M 1 7 2015 2 2 55 61 29 06 2015 12 09 2015 Introduction: Septicemia is one of the main causes of mortality. Blood culture is the most common method for diagnosis of bacterial systemic infections. Gram negative bacterial infections cause mortality due to unavailability of new methods for rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment. This study was conducted to investigate the Prevalence and antibiogram pattern of gram negative bacteria isolated from blood cultures in Shahid mohammadi hospital in Bandar Abbas city. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, blood specimens were collected from 2845 suspected to septicemia patients hospitalized in Shahid Mohammadi hospital and were studied for  bacteria causing septicemia .The isolated bacteria were identified using conventional methods and susceptibility pattern to antibiotics were determined by using Kirby- Bauer method according to method of Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI). Data were analyzed by SPSS 13. Results: In this study from 2845 patients suspected to septicemia, 134 (4.71%) cases of gram negative bacteria were isolated. Most of gram negative bacteria were isolated from medical emergency (60.4%), internal medicine (17.2%) and ICU (14.9%) wards. E.coli (26.1%), Pseudomonas spp.(21.6%), Acinetobacter spp.(17.2%), and Klebsiella spp.(12.6%) were the predominant pathogens. Results of antibiotic sensitivity test indicated high resistance to Ceftazidim (83.3%) and Ceftriaxon (72%), and low resistance to Ciprofloxacin (32.5%) and Imipenem (36.3%). Conclusion: Results showed that resistance to antibiotics is increasing in the studied population. Therefore proper and rapid diagnosis of pathogenic agents and treatment of patients according to antibiogram pattern can reduce mortality rate, period of hospitalization and treatment costs. 80 Special The Study of Smoking in population 15-64 in urban and rural area in Hormozgan province Ahmadizadeh Fini A Rafizad E Dashtiyan M Ahmadizadeh Fini E 1 7 2015 2 2 62 67 11 07 2015 21 09 2015 Introduction: Smoking is one of the health problems in the world which threats the human life. Approximately every 10 seconds a person dies because of complications and diseases caused by tobacco. This study aimed to investigate Smoking status in population aged 15-64 in urban and rural area in Hormozgan province. Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study conducted according to the WHO protocols. Data obtained from cardiovascular risk factors surveillance system in the province of Hormozgan. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16 software and Mann-Whitney, kruskal-wallis test. Results: The results showed that 11.1% of the subjects were smoking daily with 13/8% and 10% in urban and rural areas, respectively. The percentage of smoking in men and women was 21% and 0.4% respectively. Most of smokers were in 35-44 and 45-54 age groups. 13.5% of study population were using hookah daily, with 5.3% in urban and 18.4% in rural areas. Most of hookah users were in and 45-54 and 55-64 age groups. Conclusion: Regarding the high rate of smoking in Hormozgan province it is essential to develop and implement educational programs regarding the health problems of smoking and its effects on passive smokers is necessary.