the effect of interactive multimedia education on knowledge and attitude of high school teachers about prevention of health-risk behaviors

Background: health risk behaviors among teenagers are common and schools considered as an ideal place for conducting preventions programs.objectives: the current study aimed at determining the effect of interactive multimedia on knowledge and attitudes of high school teachers regarding prevention of students` healthrisk behaviors.patients and methods: a total of 150 high school teachers were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. data were collected using a written test on knowledge and a rating scale for attitude towards healthrisk behaviors. the educational contents were presented as booklets and multimedia cdroms to the control and intervention groups, respectively. pretest and posttest were administered before and four weeks after the intervention, respectively.results: there was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups regarding the pre and posttest knowledge and attitude mean scores. however, posttest mean scores of knowledge and attitude showed a significant increase in the two groups.conclusions: interactive multimedia, similar to booklets, could enhance teachers’ knowledge and improve their attitudes toward the prevention of healthrisk behaviors.