The Effect of Education Based on HBM on Performance of Health Workers in Sampling from Patients to Health Centers Eltor

Abstract Introduction: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of theory based education on the performance of health workers in samples from patients with diarrhea in the home health eltour city of Taft in the years 2016. This was a quasi-experimental study as pretest and posttest associated with a control group. Methods: In this study, 90 people were selected as convenience sampling in case and control groups. The study population included all health workers in the city of Taft in Yazd province . The independent variable was education based on health belief model in the experimental group. Data was collected using A researcher made questionnaire on the performance made with 8 subscales, which its validity and reliability were calculated according to a small sample. The questionnaire was administered to both groups in the pre-test and post-test. Data was analyzed using the descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and charts, as well a inferential statistics such as T- test was used for testing hypotheses. Results: the statistical analysis of data showed that there is a significant difference on sample between experimental and control groups following  the educational intervention  Our findings showed that there was no significant difference after entering the independent variable Statistical analysis showed that between the mean scores of the difference between performance in both groups. This means that the independent variable of education based on the health belief model increased the performance of health worker in dimensions such as awareness and behavior, and structures such as perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, self-efficacy and guidance for action in the case group. Conclusion: Considering the limitations of the study, the results showed that education based on the health belief model is one of the most effective ways to improve the performance of health workers.   &nbsp