scholarly journals The Community Opinions on Vaccine Issues and Decisions (COVID) Survey: Using a rapid Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) survey in supporting a community engagement approach to address COVID-19 vaccine uptake initiatives.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Najeeb Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Community Organisations ◽  
Kap Survey ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background In the UK, it is acknowledged that ethnic minority communities have lower vaccination uptake rates compared with their White ethnic counterparts. It is additionally recognised that the UK Muslim community represents diverse ethnicities, which is reflected through their places of worship, namely mosques. Given the current pandemic and the rollout of the COVID-19 Vaccination campaign, mosques, in their capacity as community organisations, have been involved in health promotion initiatives such as webinars. The objective of this project was to support and improve COVID-19 Vaccine related health promotion activities being delivered by mosques in the UK city of Leeds by using a rapidly administered KAP survey. Methods A short survey was developed, reviewed for appropriateness by relevant mosque leaders, and distributed electronically to 2 mosque congregations. Analysis involved cumulative average scores for key domains with adjustment for key demographics, as well as a review of engagement preferences. Findings were fed back during an engagement webinar hosted by one of the mosques. Results There were a total of 151 participants, majority were male (95), between the ages of 31-50 (88) and of Asian ethnicity (102). Average Knowledge, Attitude and Practice scores for participants from Leeds Grand Mosque were 67,69 and 74% respectively, with participants from Leeds Makkah Mosque scoring 65, 62 and 67% respectively. Female participants as well as those aged less than 30 years scored poorer across all domains compared with the group average. The most important sources of information in relation to the vaccine were considered to be General Practitioners (GP) and National Health Service (NHS) or Government Websites. Conclusions A KAP survey is a useful tool to develop insights on community perspectives to the COVID-19 Vaccine, and can be rapidly deployed through community organisations such as mosques. Survey findings can then be used to improve the nature of health promotion, community engagement and service delivery in relation to mosques and their congregations. Adapting the survey for other groups and communities, as well as scaling up the partnership-based approaches to survey administration would support the development of multi-component strategies to address vaccine concerns and uptake.

scholarly journals Influence of an educational strategy to promote the use of regional food

Rev Rene ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Cavalcante Martins ◽  
Ádria Marcela Vieira Ferreira ◽  
Ludmila Alves do Nascimento ◽  
Julliana Dos Santos Aires ◽  
Paulo César de Almeida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Educational Strategy ◽  
Survey Area ◽  
Regional Food ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Objective: to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of family members of preschool children about regional food,through a survey before and after an educational intervention. Methods: this is a pre-experimental one-group pretest–posttest study, with 62 family members of preschool children. One month before and after the conduction of an educationalactivity using the flipchart “regional food promoting food security”, one applied the survey. Results: it was found that after theeducational strategy, there was an increase in the classification “appropriate” in each survey area about regional food, and thevariation of knowledge (17.7%-77.4%), attitude (21%-72.6%) and practice (14.5%-64.5%), consequently, an improvementof 59.7% in knowledge, 51.6% in attitude and 50% in practice. Conclusion: the use of educational technology had a positiveinfluence on the knowledge, attitudes and practice of family members, contributing thus to the health promotion of childrenand their family members.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of physiotherapists towards health promotion in Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hosea Boakye ◽  
Jonathan Quartey ◽  
Nana A.B. Baidoo ◽  
Josephine Ahenkorah
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice regarding Food, and Waterborne Outbreak after Massive Diarrhea Outbreak in Yazd Province, Iran, Summer 2013

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Cheraghi ◽  
Batul Okhovat ◽  
Amin Doosti Irani ◽  
Mojgan Talaei ◽  
Elham Ahmadnezhad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Waterborne Outbreak ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Kap Survey ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Objective. This Study was conducted after a diarrhea outbreak that occurred in Yazd Province, Iran. The aim of the study was to compare knowledge, attitude, practice, and other risk factors of the affected communities regarding diarrhea outbreak (the cities of Zarch, Meybod, and Ardakan) to nonaffected communities (the cities of Yazd and Taft). Methods. A knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) survey study was conducted from August to September 2013 enrolling 505 subjects who were referred to health centers anonymously during the epidemic. The questionnaire included the following four parts: (a) general characteristics such as gender, education level, source of health information obtaining; (b) 12 questions on knowledge (Min = 0, Max = 36); (c) 10 questions on attitude (Min = 0, Max = 50); and (d) nine questions on practice (Min = 0, Max = 27). Results. The overall mean score of knowledge, attitude, and practice was 28.17 (SD = 4.58), 37.07 (SD = 4.39), and 21.31 (SD = 3.81), respectively. Practice on food- and waterborne outbreaks was significantly higher in females (P=0.001) and in nonaffected communities (P=0.031). Conclusions. Nonaffected communities had a considerably better practice score. With the increase in the score of knowledge about food- and waterborne outbreaks, the score of practice increased slightly.

Meningococcal ACWY vaccine uptake and awareness among student freshers enrolled at Northern Ireland universities

2017 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J.A. Moore ◽  
B. Cherie Millar ◽  
John E. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
University Students ◽  
Vaccination Programme ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Meningococcal Group ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Communication Modalities ◽  
First Time

Abstract A new MenACWY conjugate meningococcal vaccination programme was introduced in Northern Ireland (NI) in August 2015, for 13–18 year olds, as well as for first-time university entrants up to 25 years. This reflected the response made by Public Health England, due to the recent rapid increase of meningococcal group W (MenW) disease and on advice of the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The aims of this study were to evaluate (i) the uptake of the MenACWY vaccine among first-time university students, (ii) vaccine and meningitis awareness, (iii) optimal communication modalities via a multidisciplinary team (MDT) model and (iv) current international vaccination policies relating to non-UK students. A survey was completed by 1210 students, 868 first-time freshers and 342 non-freshers, from healthcare-related, non-healthcare-related and engineering/computing faculties. The survey included an anonymous questionnaire and consented students were aged 17–50 years with a 2:3 ratio of male:female. Vaccine uptake amongst 18-year-old students was 90.7% and 87.3% in female and male cohorts, respectively, falling to 72.1% and 67.7% (19-year cohort) and 32.7% and 39.6% (20- to 25-year cohort) in males and females, respectively. Students reported that posters, clinics and talks were the preferred methods of communication and not social media. There was general lack of awareness of the signs/symptoms of meningitis and approximately 30% of students falsely believed that administration of the MenACWY vaccine excluded the risk of contracting meningitis. Overall, there was a successful vaccination campaign; however, there was a lack of meningitis awareness. Due to differing international meningococcal vaccination schedules, international students enrolling at UK universities need to be informed about current UK policies. For the successful introduction of any vaccination programme amongst university students, it is fundamental that a MDT is established to inform and deliver such a programme in an efficient and timely manner.

Knowledge, attitude and practice about health promotion amongst physiotherapists in South Africa

Physiotherapy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. e1491-e1492
Author(s):  
N.P. Taukobong ◽  
H. Myezwa ◽  
S. Pengpid ◽  
J.-P. Van Geertruyden
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) survey regarding antibiotic use among pilgrims attending the 2015 Hajj mass gathering

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saber Yezli ◽  
Yara Yassin ◽  
Abdulaziz Mushi ◽  
Fuad Maashi ◽  
Nibras Aljabri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Mass Gathering ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Kap Survey ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals Nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice toward micronutrients among Iranian households: the NUTRI-KAP survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramin Heshmat ◽  
Zahra Abdollahi ◽  
Farzaneh Sadeghi Ghotbabadi ◽  
Mahsa Rostami ◽  
Gita shafiee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Kap Survey ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Quilombola Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 299-316
Author(s):  
Thamilly Joaquina Picanço Miranda ◽  
Marlucilena Pinheiro da Silva ◽  
Luzilena de Sousa Prudêncio ◽  
Nely Dayse Santos da Mata ◽  
Tatiana Do Socorro dos Santos Calandrini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Kap Survey ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

O Cervical cancer is considered a persistent public health problem, the access to health services, as well as women's adherence to the Pap smear, is one of the main tools to change this scenario, favoring the early detection of the disease. When considering the morbidity and mortality rates, taking into account the color, it is evident that black women need a different look. Given the above, the objective of this work is to analyze the knowledge, attitude and practice of quilombola women in Amapá about the preventive examination for cervical cancer. The study has a quantitative approach, of an applied nature, of the Survey type, having as reference the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Survey (KAP) on the PCCU exam. The field research was carried out in the Quilombo do Curiaú in the state of Amapá. The data were submitted to the SPSS version 25.0 program, for the description of the statistical results, being considered relevant the results with p<0.05, which made it possible to trace the following socioeconomic and anthropometric profile: age from 18 to 33 years old (43.75 %), Catholic (92.50%), single (52.50%), complete high school (31.35%), without paid activity (41.25%), month family income from 1 to 2 minimum wages (37 .50%) and an average of five family members (36.25%). They present weight 69.34 (Me), height 161.06 (Me), Body Mass Index (BMI) 26.685 (Me), waist circumference (WC) 86.97 (Me), hip circumference (HC) 106 .77 (Me) and CC/HC ratio index 0.8172 (Me). Thus, the study revealed that 42.50% meet the parameter considered normal for BMI and 68.75% have a low risk for the development of Chronic Non-Transmissible Neoplastic Diseases, according to CC/HC. Using the criteria proposed by the KAP survey as a reference, 26.25% had adequate knowledge, 30% had adequate attitude and 37.5% had adequate practice, demonstrating a negative proportional assessment in relation to the PCCU exam. The KAP survey was carried out, which showed that only 36.27% of the women were characterized with Adequate Knowledge, 30.00% with Adequate Attitude and 37.5% with Adequate Practice, highlighting the need for educational actions at this topic with the female quilombola population, with a view to increasing the adherence to the uterine cytopathological examination within these communities.

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