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Table 2 Organizational factors affecting health education among health care personnel

From: Explaining the experiences of health care providers regarding organizational factors affecting health education: a qualitative study

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Planning

Planning related to the provision of appropriate infrastructure

Insufficient tools and equipment

Lack of suitable space

The effect of electronic records on the quality of health education

Planning related to the hiring of adequate and appropriate human resources

The disproportion between the number of staff and workload

The hiring of educated personnel to take on multi-professional roles Lack of job security

Planning related to the design of appropriate health education programs

Design of programs that lead to the failure of health education

The disproportion between the subject and content of the educational program, and the age and needs of clients

Design of personal educational programs without considering the needs of family and society

Design of the program of using health ambassadors to educate the community without considering the infrastructure

Design of programs that lead to the success of health education

Design of creative educational materials

Designing a national self-care program

Designing individual training program

Issuing patient education card

Training in follow up program

Designing group education programs

Holding group education program

Providing education and attracting the participation of peers

Using health volunteers program in community education

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Organizing

Coordination between different units of the Ministry of Health

Coordination between health sectors and other sectors of society

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Monitoring and evaluation

Bureaucracy system

Rewards and reinforcements

Failure to define health education as part of the job description

The impact of electronic health records on the quality of evaluation