Saman Saber, Azizollah Arbabisarjou, Toktam Kianian
Introduction: Health training is considered as the most important component of preliminary health care and is among the fundamental duties of the health workers. Therefore, the current study aimed to examine the training performance of the healthcare workers to the clients and patients referred to Mashhad's health centers.
Materials and methods: This is a descriptive cross sectional study conducted in Mashhad’s health care centers in 2013 using probability stratified cluster sampling technique. A total of 250 heath care workers in the departments of vaccination, mothers and babies, disease fighting, midwifery and environmental health participated in the study. The research instrument included checklist of observing the measurement of training performance of the workers. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and analytical tests including Pearson correlation test, independent sample Ttest, ANOVA, and Chi square.
Results: The results showed that the training performance of 166 workers (66.4%) (13.21 ± 1.79) were at good and acceptable level. There was a significant difference between training performance of the workers and their individual characteristics such as marital status, work place, employment status, and the experience of participating in training workshops (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: Appropriate training performance is the most important strategy in preliminary health care. In the present study, the training performance of the health workers and the factors influencing it were specified. Planning for promoting both training and assessment of the staff performance apart from their general performance is vital. Accordingly, further research is recommended in this area.
