fa تاثیر مشــارکت نوجوانــان بر شیوه‌ی مصرف آب آشــامیدنی مقاله پژوهشی Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background & Objectives:</strong> Water - related diseases are among the most important public health problems in developing countries and providing the people with safe water is a key factor in health promotion. Thus, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of adolescents&#39; participation on drinking water habits of Rostam Abad village in Bouin Zahra in 2004.<br> <strong>Materials & Methods:</strong> This research is a quasi - experimental study with 36 adolescent cases that covered 102 families. At first, training sessions were held for the adolescents and then each of them took charge of a few families (average 3 families) for education and control. Ultimately, the percentage of rural families who used healthy water (chlorinated or boiled) before and after adolescents&#39; participation was compared. To compare the mean consumption of safe water pre and post intervention t-test was used.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The results showed that none of the rural families consumed healthy water before intervention. However, 68.8% of the families used healthy water after intervention. Paired t-test showed a significant difference between mean consumption of safe water pre and post intervention (P=0.001). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Adolescent participation affects the index of providing and consumption of healthy water in rural areas. Thus, it is suggested that this approach be applied as a practical means to increase the healthy water consumption in rural areas.</p> Participation, Adolescent, Healthy Drinking Water 21 27 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4-137&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Seyedeh Vahideh Hosseini سید وحیده حسینی 5200319475328460057617 5200319475328460057617 Yes Monireh Anoosheh منیره انوشه 5200319475328460057618 5200319475328460057618 No Fazlollah Ahmadi فضل اله احمدی 5200319475328460057619 5200319475328460057619 No