Omid M, Aminshokravi F, Zarei F. Impact of a Blended Educational Intervention on COVID-19 Preventive Behavior in Teachers. Health Educ Health Promot 2023; 11 (5) :723-731 URL: http://hehp.daneshafarand.org/article-4-73501-en.html
1- Department of Health Education & Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran
* Corresponding Author Address: Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Nasr Boulevard, Jalal Ale Ahmad, Tehran, Iran. Postal Code: 14115-111 (aminsh_f@modares.ac.ir)
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Aims: This study aimed to investigate the effect of a blended educational intervention based on the health belief model (HBM) about COVID-19 on teachers' preventive behavior. Materials & Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted on female teachers in four districts affiliated with Education Organization Karaj Iran. Then, one of these two districts was assigned to the intervention group (n=70) and the other to the control group (n=70) by the lottery method. The educational intervention was conducted via three online platforms. Our intervention was named BEHTA. It included a specifically designed website, holding virtual and group discussion classes, and using a popular social network messenger. Findings: The results showed that there was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups before training (p>0.05) but immediately and 12 weeks after training, the two groups had a statistically significant difference in all constructs (p<0.05). In the control group, the mean score of knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action, and self-efficacy did not differ significantly (p>0.05), but the mean score of behavior decreased (p=0.027). Conclusion: The educational intervention improves all constructs regarding COVID-19 in the intervention group.