Dormitory student's Knowlege and Atittiude about influenza A (H1N1) disease

influenza A (H1N1) disease is a serious viral disease which recently has been a pandemic. The purpose of this study is a determination of knowledge and attitude of students living in student accommodation and Iran University of Medical Sciences, about influenza A (H1N1) disease.
This cross-sectional research study (descriptive _ analytic) that the 150 students, the cluster sampling method (accommodation) and simple random (Students accommodation) were performed. Information gathering tools, including a questionnaire to 14 questions were knowledge and attitude. After collecting data using SPSS 19 statistical software and statistical analysis Chi-square and Pearson correlation coefficient, significance level (p The knowledge of 55.3% and attitude of 60% of the students were moderate. There were significant relationships between knowledge with level of education and major (p =0.02 and p =0.02). A significant relationship was observed between attitude and major too (p =0.04). But there were not found significant relationships between knowledge with age and gender also between attitude with age, gender and level of education.
Knowledge and attitude of the students about influenza A (H1N1) disease wasn’t appropriate. Planning appropriate educational interventions to improve knowledge and attitude of the students about the disease according to their major and degree is suggested.