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Effect of Animation Based Training Intervention on Protective Behaviors Development of Harmful Effects of Sun Rays on Male Students in Zahedan
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ٍsmatosadat Hosein *   , Gholamreza Masoodi , Ramazam Mirzaee , Mahnaz Shahrakipour , Seyed Ali Hosseini , Seyedeh Fatimeh Rahimi |
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Abstract: (8619 Views) |
Background and objective: Skin and eye protection against UV sun rays (sunscreen, clothing, hats, and glasses) is one of the most important preventive behaviors of skin cancer in adulthood period. The aim of this study was to evaluate the educational intervention based on animation method on promoting protective behaviors in male students in Zahedan.
Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted on 200 sixth grade male students that were selected randomly by multi-stage cluster sampling. The data collection tool was a multi-section questionnaire. The Validity of the questionnaire based on expert’s viewpoint (80%) and its reliability by Cronbakh Alpha test (0.83) was assessed and confirmed. After primary data collecting, educational intervention included lecture along movie clip exhibition in the intervention group was performed and two months later data in both groups were collected again and analyzed in SPSS16 using independent, pair t-test and chi-square test.
Results: After educational intervention and using visual media such as cartoon animation the promoting protective behaviors using protection tools (sunscreen, clothing, hats, and glasses) were meaningfully increased (p<0.001), and finding showed that using sunscreen the increase from 35% to 70. 9% after intervention had the greatest changes.
Conclusion: Educational intervention using visual media such as cartoon animation is useful in increasing knowledge and promoting behaviors against to the sun rays harmful effects. It is also necessary to strengthen behavior change of educational process with public health policies.
Paper Type: Research Article. |
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| Keywords: UV sun rays, students, Preventive behaviors, protective behaviors Protective behaviors, Cartoon animation, Zahedan. |
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Type of Study: Research |
Received: 2015/01/31 | Accepted: 2015/08/2
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