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The effect of educational intervention based on empowerment on breast cancer screening in 35 to 55 years old women in Gonabad
Mohsen Hassanpour, Ali Alami, Nadia Kolbadinezhad,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (12-2019)
Abstract 
Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers and it is still the leading cause of death from cancer among women. This study was conducted to determine the effect of educational intervention based on empowerment on breast cancer screening in 35 to 55 years old women in Gonabad city in 2014.
Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study conducted in 2014 in Gonabad city. The participants were 60 women aged 35-55 years that randomly assigned to two groups of experimental (n = 30) and control (n = 30). The interventional education based on empowerment was conducted for the experimental group. Data were collected by a valid and reliable questionnaire, before and 2 months after the intervention. Using SPPS version 20, the collected data were analyzed by T- test, chi square, and McNemar's test.
Results: Before intervention, there were no significant differences between intervention and control group in empowerment components and breast cancer screening procedures. After the intervention, there were significant differences between the two group in empowerment components including awareness (P-Value=0.044), attitude (P-Value=0.001), self-steam (P-Value=0.048), and self-efficacy (P-Value=0.002) and breast cancer screening methods including clinical breast examination (P-Value=0/018), breast self-examination (P-Value=0/015), and mammography (P-Value=0/027).
Conclusion: According to our results, implementing educational interventions based on empowerment in women would be effective on performing breast cancer screening.
 
Effectiveness of A PROCEED-Based Educational Program in Empowering Healthcare Workers to Identify Child Abuse Cases
Fatemeh Arab Zeinali, Reza Tavakoli,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (7-2022)
Abstract
Objective Child abuse is not a new phenomenon, it exists in different forms in any country and culture. Health care workers in health centers provide health-based services to families from pre-pregnancy to early childhood. Therefore, they should have the ability to identify the occurrence of child abuse. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a PRECEDE-based educational program in empowering health care workers to identify child abuse.
Methods This is a quasi-experimental study conducted on 88 health care workers in health centers of Semnan city in Iran in 2017 who were randomly selected. They were divided into intervention (n= 44) and control (n=44) groups. The data collection tools were a demographic form and a researcher-made questionnaire based on the constructs of the PRECEDE model. Educational program was provided in the intervention group at 4 sessions of 60 minutes. Data were collected before and one month after the intervention. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS v. 22 using statistical tests including Fisher’s exact test, independent t-test, ANOVA, and paired t-test.  
Results The mean age of participants was 34±7.81 years. At baseline, there was no significant difference between the two groups. After intervention,  the mean scores of knowledge (P<0.0001), attitude (P<0.0001), enabling factors (P<0.05), and reinforcing factors (P=0.0001) were significantly different between the two groups. The mean pretest score of behavior in the intervention group was 41.41±4.150, which reached 47.34± 2.820 after the educational intervention which was significantly different (P<0.0001), but there was no significant difference between the behavior scores of control group.
Conclusion The education based on PRECEDE model increases predisposing factors (knowledge and attitudes), enabling factors, reinforcing factors, and behavior of health care workers in identifying the cases of child abuse.
The Mediating Role of Family Cohesion in the Relationship Between Attitude Towards Drug Addiction and Personal Empowerment in Iranian College Students
Seyfolah Aghajani, Ali Beheshti Motlagh, Arefe Mohamadnezhad Devin, Sajjad Ghobadzade,
Volume 10, Issue 4 (1-2024)
Abstract
Objective Drug addiction has become one of the big problems in societies, and its prevention is one of the main plans of countries worldwide. This study aims to assess the mediating role of family cohesion in the relationship between attitude towards drug addiction and personal empowerment in Iranian college students.
Methods This is a correlational study using structural equation modeling. The study population includes all undergraduate students of the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili in the academic year 2022-2023, of whom 200 were selected using a convenience sampling method. The used tools were the social competence questionnaire of Felner et al. (1990), the attitude towards drugs questionnaire of Karimi (2013), and the family adaptability and cohesion evaluation scale of Olson (1985). To analyze the collected data, SPSS software, version 23 and LISREL software, version 8.8 were used.
Results The positive attitude towards drug addiction had a negative and significant relationship with personal empowerment (r=-0.58, P<0.01) and family cohesion (r=-0.55, P<0.01). The negative attitude towards drug addiction had a positive and significant relationship with personal empowerment (r=0.56, P<0.01) and family cohesion (r=0.50, P<0.01). Personal empowerment of students had both direct and indirect effects (through family cohesion) on the attitude towards drug addiction.
Conclusion To prevent addiction to drugs in young people, there is a need to create a negative attitude towards drugs in them by increasing their personal empowerment and family cohesion. 

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