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vosoughi niri A, vosoughi niri M, golestani far H, pahlovanzadeh B, savadpoor M T. Investigation of army soldiers readiness about health actions in critical circumstances. Case study: Malek Ashtar Military Garrison’s. Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly 2013; 1 (1)
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Abdollah Vosoughi niri 
, Mehdi Vosoughi niri * 1, Hafez Golestani far , Bagher Pahlovanzadeh , Mohammad taghi Savadpoor
, Mehdi Vosoughi niri * 1, Hafez Golestani far , Bagher Pahlovanzadeh , Mohammad taghi Savadpoor
1- , niri@chmail.ir
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Introduction: Health related measures in emergencies are of the issues that, if taken properly, can reduce damages of a disaster effectively. To have this situation happened knowledge of health personnel, crisis staff, and military and other related groups has to improve. This study aimed to determine military staffs’ attitude and knowledge about health measures in emergencies.
Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted through a self-administrated questionnaire. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire was previously proven. The questionnaire included items on personal information and knowledge and attitude about health measures in emergencies. Using a multi-stage sampling, 190 soldiers of Malek Ashtar Military Garrison in Arak were selected. ANOVA, Kruskal- Wallis, Chi Square, Spearman rho’s coefficient correlation and T-test were used to analyze that data.
Results: Findings showed that 43 percent of soldiers had good knowledge of health measures in emergencies. About 11 percent of staff had poor knowledge. Half of staff had an average attitude toward emergency health measures. Concerning the degree of knowledge, no significant difference was observed between soldiers with different levels of education. Regarding knowledge and attitude, there was no statistically significant difference between different age groups.
Conclusion: Having a basic knowledge of health measures in emergencies is of salient importance. Considering lack of such basic knowledge among some military staff, provision of training on health related measures for those staff is recommended.
Keywords: knowledge, attitude, health measures, military staff, crisis
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Received: 2013/02/14 | Accepted: 2013/11/5 | Published: 2013/11/5
Received: 2013/02/14 | Accepted: 2013/11/5 | Published: 2013/11/5
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