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ArticleFrontiers in public health2024

Examining the effectiveness of a training program on improving knowledge, functional skills, and attitude in natural disaster volunteers.

Fereshteh Amini, Alireza Hidarnia, Fazlollah Ghofranipour, Mohammad Esmaiel Motlagh

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Fereshteh Amini *Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University and Educational Board of Department of Internal Surgery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza Hidarnia *Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Fazlollah Ghofranipour *Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Esmaiel Motlagh *Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.

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Introduction: Disaster relief volunteers must have certain psychological and cognitive characteristics. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the training program on improving knowledge, functional skills, and attitude among disaster volunteers. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2023 in Iran, including an intervention and control group and follow-ups. Ninety health volunteers were randomly selected and divided into two groups of 45. The experimental group received the training program for an hour a week for three months. The control group received no intervention. The participants of both groups completed the disaster preparedness questionnaire at the pre-test, post-test, and one and three months after the intervention. Data was analyzed using SPSS "version 26" software in the methods section. Results: The intervention effect were significant in increasing the volunteers' functional skills ( Conclusion: Training programs can help improve skills, attitudes and knowledge in natural disaster volunteers. Researchers interested in the field of natural disaster relief, particularly health researchers, could consider further examining the aforementioned topics in their studies.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeVolunteersAdultDisaster PlanningFemaleHumansIranMaleMiddle AgedNatural DisastersProgram EvaluationSurveys and Questionnairesattitudedisastersfunctional skillsknowledgetraining programvolunteers

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