TY - JOUR T1 - The effect of needs assessment-based education on the fathers’ attitude toward puberty period of male adolescents TT - تأثیر آموزش مبتنی بر نیازسنجی بر دیدگاه پدران در خصوص دوران بلوغ پسران نوجوان JF - JRH JO - JRH VL - 3 IS - 1 UR - http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-151-en.html Y1 - 2013 SP - 310 EP - 316 KW - Keywords: Adolescent KW - Attitude KW - Health KW - Needs assessments N2 -   adolescence is the most important stage of every individual, and puberty is one of the most critical phenomena of this period. According to the important role of parents in helping children for safe and healthy transition of this stage, and the first step in educational program is need assessment of target group so, this study aimed to determine effect of need assessment-based education on father's attitude toward puberty health in male adolescents.   This study is a quasi-experimental and the field trial. After determining fathers’ educational needs by separate descriptive survey, a one-day educational workshop was planned. 30 subjects were randomly selected. Fathers' opinion measured by a researcher-made questionnaire and compared, before and after intervention. The data were analyzed by statistical software SPSS using Chi-square, paired t-test and Wilcoxon. The results indicates that there was a significant difference between total mean score as well as level of knowledge in pre-and post -intervention (P M3 ER -