Background. Early identification of breast cancer may result in earlier treatment and a lower mortality rate. This fact has resulted in the development of screening programs to detect breast cancer in its early stages; thus, the current study sought to investigate the influence of educational intervention on knowledge, attitude, and practice about breast cancer screening in Izeh, Khozestan Province, Iran. Materials and Methods. This experiment was carried out on the women of Izeh city in 2019. This study included 120 women who were randomized into the experimental and control groups at random (60 in the experimental and 60 in the control groups). Before and two months after the intervention, data were collected using a researcher-created questionnaire by the control and education groups. The intervention program for the intervention group included eight educational sessions over the course of two months. The SPSS 20 statistical program was used to examine the data, as well as the paired t -test, independent t -test, and Chi-square. Results. There was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups’ mean scores of knowledge, attitude, and practice prior to the educational intervention, but a significant difference was observed after the intervention, with the experimental group obtaining significantly higher mean scores of knowledge, attitude, and practice ( P = 0.05 ).Conclusion. In the present study, the educational intervention on the knowledge, attitude, and practice towards breast cancer screening led to the increased scores of the experimental group compared to control group.

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Objective: Traffic injuries are the cause of many deaths and disabilities in children, affecting them in different ways: they may be pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, and car occupants. Also, children are the victims of 21% of road deaths. This study aimed to determine the effect of educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior on promotion of traffic safe behaviors in students. Method: It is a quasi-experimental study performed on 400 first and second grade primary school students of Fasa city, Fars province, Iran in 2018-2019. The data collection tools included demographic information, constructs of the theory of planned behaviour and traffic behaviours. The educational intervention for experimental group include eight education sessions of 45-50 minutes in small group discussions, question & answer, practical demonstration, videos, Power Points, and booklets. Results: The mean age of the experimental and control groups was 7.96 ± 0.74 and 7.90 ± 0.81 years. The results showed no significant difference between the two groups in terms of knowledge, attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, behavioral intention, and traffic safe behavior before the intervention. Conclusion: The results of this study showed the effectiveness of educational intervention based on TPB of traffic safe behaviors in students. A successful educational program should be accompanied by sufficient exercises to make appropriate decisions when crossing. Since traffic issues are not included in the Iran’s education system, education needs to be systematically and practically operationalized. Developing educational packages with the topics on traffic education is suggested to be incorporated into the textbooks.

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