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Impact of disaster health volunteer training program in intervention and control groups

Design of a new training program in behavioral skills of health volunteers based on the IMB model (information, motivation, behavioral skills) in natural disasters

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20180712040443N1
Enrollment
90
Registered
2022-04-09
Start date
2022-05-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-05-02

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Conditions

Educational intervention in the health volunteer in the intervention and control group with the aim of preparing healthy people and preventing and reducing injury in the event of natural disasters.

Interventions

Intervention 1: "Intervention group:" Random selection of 45 health volunteers and conducting a pre-test after holding three training sessions before the natural disasters on Saturdays. Saturday class

Sponsors

Tarbiat Modares University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
25 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Being motivated to be a health volunteer and agreeing to perform an educational intervention Have at least one year of work experience Health volunteers covered by health centers Having suitable physical condition in voluntary service work

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Absence of more than two sessions in intervention training programs No age limit for research intervention training programs. Physical inability to participate in the educational intervention program Lack of conditions for health services (Ministry of Health or Red Crescent or Welfare)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Behavioral skills assessment . Timepoint: Pre-test and then educational intervention and post-test and comparison of training methods immediately after training and 12 weeks and 24 weeks after intervention to evaluate the effect of time on behavioral skills. Method of measurement: With a questionnaire according to the Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills (IMB) model, first perform a pre-test, then teach by lecturing through a training site, and after a group discussion, prepare for natural disasters, and then take a post-test and examine the skills and motivation variables in the intervention group. Immediately, 12 weeks and 24 weeks later, we will follow up to measure the effect of training on the skills of the trained people as an "intra-group test".;Measuring the self-efficacy of a health volunteer. Timepoint: Pre-test and then educational intervention and post-test and comparison of training methods immediately after training and 12 weeks and 24 weeks after intervention to evaluate the effect of time on people's ability, self-efficacy and self-management. Method of measurement: With a questionnaire according to the Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills (IMB) model, first perform a pre-test, then train by lecturing through a training site and after operational maneuvers, assess the ability before natural disasters, and then take a post-test and examine the variables of self-efficacy and decision-making power. The control and intervention group will follow up immediately, 12 weeks and 24 weeks later, to measure the effect of training on individual self-efficacy as an "intergroup test".;Evaluate the information and knowledge of health volunteers. Timepoint: Pre-test and then educational intervention and post-test and comparison of training methods immediately after training and 12 weeks and 24 weeks after intervention to assess the effect of time on the level of knowledge of individuals. Method of measurement: With the questionnaire according to th

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Preparedness for natural disasters. Timepoint: Performing pre-test and educational intervention and post-test and measuring people's readiness immediately, 12 weeks later and 24 weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: With the questionnaire and the construction of tools based on the results of the qualitative stage, the production of educational content for the preparation of people will be done, then the educational intervention will be done to improve the readiness of the people to the end.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactFereshteh Amini

The University of Tarbiat Modares

fershtehamini@modares.ac.ir+98 21 4400 8106

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026