title: Knowledge and Practice of People toward their Rights in Urban Family Physician Program: A Population-Based Study in Shiraz, Southern Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Urban family physician program has been launched as a pilot in Fars and Mazandaran provinces of Iran since 2012. Attitudes of policy makers and people toward urban family physician program have become challenging. This study shows what people know and practice toward this program.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional population-based study was conducted by a multistage randomized sampling in Shiraz, Southern Iran. Knowledge and practice of adults toward urban family physician program were queried through filing the questionnaires. Single and multiple variable analyzes of data were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participation rate was 1257 of 1382 (90.9%), and the mean age of the respondents was 38.1 ± 13.2 years. Of 1257, 634 (50.4%) were men and 882 (70.2%) were married. Peoples' total knowledge toward urban family physician program was 5 ± 2.7 of 19, showed that 1121 (89.2%) had a low level of knowledge. This was correlated positively and in order to being under coverage of this program (P < 0.001), being under coverage of one of the main insurance systems (P = 0.04) and being married (P = 0.002). The mean score of people's practice toward the program was 2.3 ± 0.9 of total score 7, showed that 942 (74%) had poor performance, and it was correlated positively and in order to being under coverage of this program (P < 0.001) and having higher than 1000$ monthly income (P = 0.004). Correlation of people's knowledge and practice toward the program was 24%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Current evidences show a low level of knowledge, poor practice and weak correlation of knowledge-practice of people toward urban family physician program.
authors.affiliation: Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Behnam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Honarvar
authors.affiliation: Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Kamran Bagheri
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Lankarani
authors.affiliation: Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rostami
authors.affiliation: Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Honarvar
authors.affiliation: Trauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran ; Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akbarzadeh
authors.affiliation: Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Neda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Odoomi
authors.affiliation: Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honarvar
authors.affiliation: Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Malekmakan
authors.affiliation: Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Parisa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rabiye
authors.affiliation: Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Nafiseh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arefi
keywords: Family physician program; knowledge; people; population; practice; right