Table 1 Description of training sessions held in the experimental group
Number of sessions | The educational content |
|---|---|
1 | Familiarity with urinary tract infection in children, high prevalence of urinary tract infection, risk factors, the possibility of recurrence of the disease, predisposing factors for recurrent urinary tract infection, variety of clinical manifestations at different ages (in order to increase the structure of knowledge and perceived sensitivity) |
. 2 | The training program was conducted by a Ph.D. of health education and health promotion and a medical student in collaboration with a nephrologist. Many different topics were discussed during the sessions, including subsequent difficulty of clinical diagnosis, resistance of the causative agent to antibiotics, long-term serious complications in children, proper identification, treatment methods, the most important preventive measures, the benefits and barriers to preventive behaviors, and role of mothers. (in order to increase the structure of perceived sensitivity) |
. 3 | The mother of an 7-year-old child who had a urinary tract infection was invited and she spoke to people about the urinary tract infection and the problems caused by it. In this meeting, it was emphasized to change the positive attitude of people to prevent urinary tract infection and the role of mothers in proper activities (in order to increase the structure of perceived severity) |
. 4 | mention to the role of proper identification, treatment methods, the most important preventive measures, the benefits and barriers to preventive behaviors, and role of mothers. (in order to increase the structure of perceived benefits). |
. 5 | Each woman was also asked to discuss her prior experiencesAlso, the mothers discussed with each other about the Perceived barriers and the strategies to deal with it (to reduce the Perceived barriers). |
6 | During a training session, people were taught about the most important preventive measures with the help of each other, They performed a number of appropriate actions in a demonstration (in order to increase self-efficacy structure).At the end of the sessions, the entire educational content was sent to participants as a virtual training package Also during training sessions, educational images, video clips, and PowerPointwas provided to the participants of the intervention group (Cues to action) |