@article{APM3254,
author = {Mohammad Ali Heidari Gorji and Zeinalabedin Rahmani and Sorur Fuladi},
title = {Exploring obstacles of administrating AIDS control and prevention strategies in Iran},
journal = {Annals of Palliative Medicine},
volume = {3},
number = {1},
year = {2014},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background & aim: Executing a strategy is a complicate process that seeks to reach the best results for guarantee some achievements. To explore barriers related to executing diseases prevention and control, is crucial to resolve weakness and improve administration of therapeutic procedure. This study aims to explore obstacles of implementing acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention and control strategies in Mazandaran province of Iran.
Materials and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted during 2012. The samples included 130 managers, experts and employees of Mazandaran University of Medical science of Iran and the other organization and agencies participating in an AIDS national program. The data were analysed by the chisquare method through SPSS software.
Results: The results showed that among eight factors of obstacles of implementing strategy including educational, technological, cultural, communication, legal, political, organizational and economic factors, technology and political issues are recognized as obstacles.
Conclusions: Technology as an inter-organizational factor and political factors as out-organizational factors, could affect the successful executing of AIDS control.},
issn = {2224-5839}, url = {https://apm.amegroups.org/article/view/3254}
}