title: Assessing the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Students Regarding Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The emergence and spread of Ebola outbreak is a growing problem worldwide, which represents a significant threat to public health. Evidence has shown that the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice of people in the society play major roles in controlling the spread of Ebola virus disease. This study was designed to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of students at School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences towards Ebola.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey was performed in Tehran, Iran in 2014 using a pretested self-administered questionnaire on a stratified sample of 400 students. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All-in-all, 385 students returned the completed questionnaires making a response rate of 96.3%., 239 (62.2%) were females and 145 (37.8%) were males. The mean age of female and males were 28.44 and 30.3 years respectively. Of the 385 students, 83 (21.7%) were studying at PhD level, 210 (55.0%) at Masters Level (including MPH) and 89 (23.3%) at Bachelors level. knowledge of the students regarding EVD transmission was lowest among students of Department of Occupational Health (50.0%), followed by Health Education and Promotion Department (33.3%). Virology Department recorded the highest percentage of students who had selected correct answers regarding EVD prevention (100.0%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings will aid in the assessment of the adequacy of current students' educational curriculum. Also, it will provide further insight in designing future multifaceted interventions to promote specific messages to change attitude and improve practice.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Kourosh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Holakouie-Naieni
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmadvand
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Owais
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assan
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Adel Hussein
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Elduma
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Alieu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jammeh
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Aram Salih Mohammed Amin
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kamali
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahang Abdullah
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kareem
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatima Mahmud
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Muhammad
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hasnain
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sabahat
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Kabir Ozigi
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Abdullahi
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Raeed Ahmad
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Sami Najmaddin
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Saeed
keywords: Attitude; Ebola; Iran; Knowledge; Outbreak; Practice; Students; Tehran
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