Report of Health Care Introduction Brucellosis is one of the most important and prevalent zoonotic diseases, causing death of a lot of people each year (1). Brucellosis is observed in many countries, and is prevalent in Eastern Mediterranean region, the Middle East. In the United States of America, it is considered an occupational hazard while in Iran; brucellosis is not lim- ited to a certain occupation (2). What highlights brucel- losis in Iran is its epidemiology, its use for agriculture, livestock raising, and people’s rustic and nomadic lives are intertwined, and non-pasteurized dairy products are popular in cities (3). According to the Ministry of Health report, the incidence of brucellosis was 193 and 572 per 100,000 people in 2001 and 2006, respectively (4). It ap- pears that, prevention is the most important step in con- trolling the disease. Breaking the chain of transmission to human is dependent on complying with health principles. Interdisciplinary coordination and community training are the major strategies to control and prevent this disease (5). Human is infected through using contaminated dairy products, direct contact with animal’s fluids or eating contaminated animal’s meat (6). Eini et al studied people with brucellosis in Hamedan province and reported fe- ver, arthralgia, sweating, and lethargy as the most com- mon symptoms. Furthermore, the most common route of transmission was using non-pasteurized dairy prod- ucts (7). This disease is known as a disease with a thou- sand faces because of its lasting complications; therefore, it can have a significant impact on the quality of life for the infected people. Moreover, this disease mostly infects the active population of a community (15-40 years old), therefore, it can cause further damage through incurring Original Article Volume 1, Issue I, 2014, p. 7-11 The efect of training on students regarding the prevention of Brucellosis © 2014 The Author(s). Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki 1 , Akbar Asadi 2 , Zahra Imani 3 , Narges Khanjani 4* 1 Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University of Shahrbabak and PhD Student of Nursing, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran 2 Departement of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University of Shahrbabak, Shahrbabak, Iran 3 Department of Nursing, PhD Student of Nursing, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran 4 Department of Epidemiology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Received: 7 June 2014 Accepted: 1 August 2014 Published online: 19 August 2014 *Corresponding author: Narges Khanjani, Department of Epidemiology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Email: narges.khanjani@gmail.com Competing interests: The authors declare that no competing interests exist. Citation: Mangolian Shahrbabaki P, Asadi A, Imani I, Khanjani N. The efect of training on students regarding the prevention of Brucellosis. Report of Health Care 2014; 1(1): 7-11. Abstract Introduction: Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases that is especially important for its side effects on human in terms of health and economy. It appears that an important reason for the incidence of brucellosis and its consequent disabilities is lack of knowledge about its transmission routes and prevention. Hence, the present study aimed to determine the effect of training on the knowledge of Shahr-e Babak Azad University students about the prevention of brucellosis. Methods: This experimental study was conducted with 108 students assigned to the experimental and control groups by random stratified sampling from Shahr-e Babak Azad University in 2013. First, students’ knowledge of brucellosis and its prevention was assessed using a valid and reliable researcher-made questionnaire. Then a training program including two sessions of group training, questions and answers, and discussion was implemented and an educational pamphlet was distributed among the experimental group. One month later, the post-test was given. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS software. Results: Knowledge score of students before the intervention was not significantly different in the experimental and control groups, while the difference of mean score was significant after the intervention. None of the demographic variables had a significant impact on the mean score of knowledge after training. The significance level was set at P<0.05 for all tests. Conclusion: The results showed that training can improve participants’ knowledge about brucellosis prevention. Training is an appropriate and necessary method to increase health information. Keywords: Training, Prevention, Brucellosis http shgri.com Open Access Publish Free