title: An examination of the effect of health promotion plan in high school students' on knowledge and performance on peers suffering from asthma in high schools of district 3 in Esfahan, 2010.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Asthma is the most prevalent disease during childhood, known as the most important reason for children's disability adolescences truancies, thanks to their hospitalization and as a result intensification of disease symptom.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study is quasi-experimental kind, implemented with two groups. Sampling method was straightforward. 80 student's second-grade high school students constitute participants. Both groups were homogenized considering age, gender, education, and parent's vocation. First of all, a letter agreement was received from students. Then, the knowledge and accomplishment of students were measured by means of relevant questionnaire and checklist in advance of educational intervention. In the next step, during 4 sessions, educational content specified beforehand was presented to students via interview, lecture, group discussion, and display methods. The knowledge and accomplishment of both groups' students was measured through questionnaire and checklist. Finally, the data was analyzed by SPSS 16 and statistical test of t-paired, independent-t, man-Whitney, and ANOVA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The finding demonstrated that group's student accomplishment registered 91.8 ± 1.3 while being 2.2 ± 0.6 before holding session. In addition, their knowledge increased significantly, registering 99.6 ± 1.2 while it had measured as 1.3 ± 0.3 before sessions. The results of paired t-test indicated that the average of difference between knowledge and accomplishment grades of two groups was significant (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regarding the finding of the present study and the fact that asthma is on the rise resulting in an increase in truancies as well as stressing the efficacy of training peers suffering from the disease, the implementation of the curriculum could be necessary.
authors.affiliation: Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Zaynab
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hemate
authors.forename: Zohre
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ghazavi
authors.forename: Mazeyh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasanpor
authors.forename: Ramin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iranpor
authors.forename: Masoome
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alidosti
keywords: Asthma; health promotion; knowledge; performance
references.citation: J Pediatr Nurs. 2008 Oct;23(5):358-63
references.pmid: 18804016
references.citation: BMJ. 2001 Mar 10;322(7286):583-5
references.pmid: 11238152
references.citation: J Pediatr Psychol. 2001 Dec;26(8):485-90
references.pmid: 11700333
references.citation: Pediatrics. 2002 May;109(5):919-30
references.pmid: 11986457
references.citation: J Adolesc Health. 1998 Jan;22(1):66-72
references.pmid: 9436069
references.citation: Public Health Nutr. 1999 Dec;2(4):549-55
references.pmid: 10656474
references.citation: Stud Fam Plann. 2001 Dec;32(4):339-51
references.pmid: 11831052
references.citation: World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser. 2006;938:103-50; discussion 317-41
references.pmid: 16921919
references.citation: Lancet. 2008 May 10;371(9624):1595-602
references.pmid: 18468543
references.citation: J Adolesc Health. 2004 May;34(5):441-52
references.pmid: 15093801
references.citation: Diabet Med. 2009 Jan;26(1):40-4
references.pmid: 19125759
references.citation: Iran J Pediatr. 2010 Sep;20(3):373-4
references.pmid: 23056735
references.citation: Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2006 Nov;6(6):495-501
references.pmid: 17026875