Effectiveness of a Basic Education Program on Radiation-Related Health Concerns for Nurses of Public Health and School Health in Japan

Background: After the Japanese nuclear power plant disaster in 2011, many residents became concerned about health effects of radiation. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a training program for public health and school health nurses to improve their skills and expertise for better support to...

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Published in:Iranian journal of public health 2020-06, Vol.49 (6), p.1087
Main Authors: Kawasaki HIROMI, RAHMAN, Md Moshiur, Iwasa MIKA, Kukinaka CHIEKO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognitive ability
Disaster recovery
Disasters
Evaluation
Health anxiety
Nuclear disaster
Nuclear power plants
Nurses
Psychomotor performance
Public health
Radiation
Radiation effects
Radiation measurement
Rank tests
Taxonomy
Training
Workshops
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Summary:Background: After the Japanese nuclear power plant disaster in 2011, many residents became concerned about health effects of radiation. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a training program for public health and school health nurses to improve their skills and expertise for better support to residents and students.Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study using single-group and pre-post comparison in 2016 in Hiroshima, Kagoshima and Hyogo prefectures of Japan. The educational evaluation was conducted through each sub-item of Bloom’s attainment goals. The evaluation of effectiveness was surveyed among 61 participants before and immediately after the workshop, and at 1-week and 1-month later. The analysis compared initial scores obtained before the workshop with subsequent responses. Where a significant difference was observed among three-group or more in the Friedman test, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used for two-group comparisons across the time periods. The significance level was set at P
ISSN:2251-6085
2251-6093
DOI:10.18502/ijph.v49i6.3360