Five Years after Implementation of Urban Family Physician Program in Fars Province of Iran: Are People's Knowledge and Practice Satisfactory?

Urban family physician program (UFPP) was launched in Fars province of Iran in 2012. We aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of people toward this 5‑year‑old program.
In this population‑based study, through a multistage random sampling from 6 cities of Fars province, 1350 people older than 18 years were interviewed. For data collection, a questionnaire consisting of sociodemographic characteristics and items about knowledge and practice toward UFPP was used.
The mean age of the interviewees was 42.4 ± 14.2 years; male (674; 49.9%)‑to‑female (651; 48.2%) ratio was 1.03. Mean score of knowledge was 4.2 ± 1.7 (out of 14), while 961 (71.1%) had After 5 years of implementation of UFPP, knowledge and practice of people toward UFPP are not satisfactory. This fnding calls for a serious revision in some aspects of UFFP.