The Effect of Volunteer Health Workers Educational Program on the Basis of BASNEF Model on Promotion of Their Practices about Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Since, a few study have been done using community education related to cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) prevention, this study was done to assess the effect of educational program basis on BASNEF Model for promoting Volunteer Health Workers (VHWs) educational practices about CL prevention. In this prospective quasi-experimental study, 60 VHWs who resident in endemic area of CL in Yazd in 2009 were selected through cluster sampling method and randomly divided in two groups (experimental and control group). Data were collected before and 3 months after educational intervention by using reliable and valid questionnaires and analyzed. The mean score of knowledge and BASNEF Model components such as attitude, behavioral intention, enabling factors and practice as well as subjective norms (family, friends, neighbors, local trusted people, local therapist, local mullah, health workers and physician) increase significantly (p<0.05) 3 months after the intervention program among experimental group comparing to control group. This study was confirmed effectiveness of the training VHWs by using educational program basis on BASNEF model related to CL prevention program.