The effect of educational intervention based on PRECEDE-PROCEDURE model on promotion of cutaneous leishmaniasis prevention behaviors among housewives of endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis of Kharameh city

Introduction: Regarding the high prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and the limited studies on educating households through the educational models for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, the present study was done with the aim of investigating the effects of educational intervention on enabling factors, reinforcing factors, and predisposing factors of preventing behaviors towards Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the households covered by the urban health centers of Kharameh city in 2014.Materials and Method: This study was an interventional one in which the statistical population was the households covered by the urban health centers of Kharameh city. 110 households were selected as the experimental group and 110 ones were selected as the control group. The educational intervention based on enabling factors, reinforcing factors, and predisposing factors was implemented.Before the intervention and two months after that, the required data was collected through a questionnaire whose validity and reliability had been approved. The data was then analyzed using the SPSS software, version 16. The significance level was considered 0.05 in all tests.Results: The mean scores of knowledge, attitude, enabling factors, and reinforcing factors on the behavior increased significantly in the experimental group after the intervention but no significant difference was seen in the control group.Conclusion: The education based on enabling factors, reinforcing factors, and predisposing factors had a significant effect on the households’ behavior as well as the Cutaneous Leishmaniasis control.

Keywords:

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis , educational intervention , enabling factors , reinforcing factors , predisposing factors