THE COMPARISON OF HEALTH KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF FIRST AND LAST YEAR STUDENTS IN HAMADAN, IRAN

Abstract

The purpose of this study was comparison the mean numbers of health knowledge & attitude and practice of first and last year students in Hamadan University of medical sciences. The studied populations were 301 first year medical students and 233 last year medical students in different subjects; they were compared with a sample population of Bou- Ali university students as control group. The result indicated that health knowledge of last year students were more than first year students because of education, but there were no difference in health attitude and practice between first and last year students.