احمد جلالی

HIV/AIDS is a major health concern globally. Promoting HIV AIDS literacy for everyone is one of the appropriate and required measures in this regard. The present research aimed to improve HIV/AIDS literacy among male teachers in high schools of Ahvaz.

The present field-trial study was conducted on 200 male teachers of the first and second high schools of Ahvaz. The study population was randomly divided into intervention (n=100) and control (n=100) groups. The Iranian HIV/AIDS Literacy Questionnaire was used to collect data. According to easy-to-read texts and alternative communication tools strategies, HIV/AIDS Literacy intervention was developed. The intervention included developing an educational pamphlet and sending SMS to the intervention group. One month after the intervention, the questionnaire was completed again and analyzed by SPSS software using logistic regression and t-test.

The age mean and standard deviation of the participants was 41.60 ± 7.80. At the baseline, the mean and standard deviation of HIV/AIDS literacy was 11.1 ± 3.46 in the intervention group and 9.63 ± 2.54 in the comparison group. After the intervention, the score of HIV/AIDS literacy significantly improved in the intervention group (P<0.001). Only marital status was the significant predictor for HIV/AIDS literacy. Analysis of the Pearson correlation coefficients showed that understanding and search skills have the strongest correlation with HIV/AIDS literacy.

Based on the study findings, it was concluded that promoting HIV/AIDS literacy through the use of easily understandable texts and alternative communication tools can prove to be effective. Considering the role of teachers in transferring knowledge and skills to prevent HIV and its transmission, it is suggested to hold regular and continuous training courses for all teachers.

Human resource management today is more than ever encountered with the diversity of human resources in the organization. One of the factors of this diversity, in addition to other differences, is the difference between generations. The difference between generations has always been a problem. The purpose of the present research is to identify the generational differences between employees of public organizations. This research in terms of approach and strategy is in the category of qualitative research. Also, the present study is descriptive-exploratory type. The statistical population of the present study was executives and assistants of public agencies and organizations of Qazvin province. In order to identify the differences a semi-structured deep interview was conducted with 19 managers and deputies of executive and governmental agencies. After collecting data, theme analysis was used to analyze the interviews. The results showed that the staff of the studied organizations can be classified into three young, middle-aged and experienced generations. The extracted human resource differences related to the field of human resources were categorized into five dimensions :occupational, personality, educational, technical and motivational.

During recent years, many epidemiological studies on risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been preformed among which are fibrinogen, activity of factor VII, lipoprotein (A), and hemocystein as new CVD risk factors. Through completed studies, it is found that in urban population of Isfahan more than one risk factor (Hypertension, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes and obesity) are seen in 32% of men and a descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in 1998-99 and 409 subjects (175 men, 234 women) were randomly sample. Then each subject underwent a blood test, electrocardiography, medical examination and daily physical activity assessment. Nutrient intakes were obtained through assessment of food consumption as 3-day recall. Personal information and anthropometric measurements were also recorded. Fast blood sugar and serum lipids were measured by auto analyzer Elan 2000; lipoprotein (A) by ELISA; hemocystein by HPLC; fibrinogen by turbidimetry and factor VII by calculating coagulation time compared to standard time. Statistical analyses were done by t-test. The results showed that mean fibrinogen, factor VII, lipoprotein (A), and hemocystein were 244.9±67 mg/dl, 118.3±58 percent, 13.3±13 mg/dl and 11.5±3 µmol/lit respectively in studied population. By comparing these new CVD risk factors over the world, it was determined that their levels were in the normal range in urban population of Isfahan. The level of fibrinogen and hemocystein are higher and lower in women than those in men respectively that is compatible with many other studies.