TY - JOUR JF - gums-hnmj JO - JHNM VL - 18 IS - 2 PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/10/01 TI - Performance of female teachers employed in education center in Rasht city ‎regarding prevention of osteoporosis and their attitude on the role of mass media TT - عملکرد دبیران زن شاغل درآموزش و پرورش شهرستان رشت در مورد پیشگیری از ‏ابتلا به پوکی استخوان و دیدگاه آنان درخصوص نقش رسانه های همگانی مبنی بر ‏پیشگیری از این عارضه N2 - Introduction: Osteoporosis is a silent disease that can cause decreased bone mass and put it at ‎risk of fracture. Therefore prevention at younger age can prevent its consequences.‎ Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the performance of female teachers about ‎osteoporosis and their attitude toward the role of media in its prevention.‎ Methods: In this descriptive study, ‎‏141‏‎ high school female teachers were randomly chosen. ‎The data collection instrument was a ‎‏43‏‎ item questionnaire which was completed through ‎interview. The data were analyzed by SPSS. ‎ Results: Findings indicated that the majority of teachers (‎‏81.6%‏‎) had poor performance in ‎prevention of osteoporosis. Also the majority (‎‏50.4%‏‎) thought that the role of mass media was ‎poor in prevention of osteoporosis. ‎ Conclusion: Female teachers' poor performance whom themselves have the role of teaching ‎young girls should attract attention of responsible. Also TV with the most audiences had poor ‎performance according to the samples.‎ SP - 32 EP - 37 AU - reza masouleh, shadman AU - jafari asl, masoumeh AU - yazdani, moohamadali AD - KW - osteoporosis KW - media KW - females KW - performance ‎ UR - http://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/article-1-276-en.html ER -