scholarly journals Impact of educational intervention on knowledge and awareness of TB among secondary school students in The Gambia

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Olumuyiwa Adesina Owolabi ◽  
Monica Davies Genekah ◽  
Sainabou Njie ◽  
Momodou Kumba Jallow ◽  
Alhaji Jobe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
The Gambia ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Modes Of Transmission ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
School Based ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
The Impact

Objectives: Health education and awareness campaigns about tuberculosis (TB) can empower adolescents on different aspects of the disease and its management, resulting in early and appropriate care seeking behavior through their advocacy in the community. We assessed the impact of educational intervention on knowledge and awareness about TB among adolescents in the greater Banjul area of The Gambia where approximately 70% of national TB cases are notified. Materials and Methods: A school-based, interventional analytical study, and interactive educational workshop was conducted among grade 12 students of the Methodist Academy Secondary School in Bakau, Banjul The Gambia. The workshop activities included illustrative demonstrations using posters, flipcharts, infographics, and games to convey TB messages in six domains: (1) Basic knowledge; (2) symptoms; (3) risk factors (4) modes of transmission; (5) treatment; and (6) care and support. Structured questionnaires were used to assess changes in the student’s knowledge and awareness about TB in the six domains before and after the workshop. Data were analyzed using proportional percentages, mean (95% CI) and differences standard error (SE) and student paired t-test. Results: Ninety-six students participated in the workshop out of which 92 (96%) students completed both pre- and post-test questionnaires. Sixty-eight percent of the students were females and 58% were from the science stream of the grade 12 students who participated in our workshop. The mean difference and SE between the pre- and post-workshop test scores in the six domains were: basic knowledge: +1.4 (0.2; P < 0.0001); symptoms: +1.5 (0.2; P < 0.0001); risk factors: +3.1 (0.3; P < 0.0001); modes of transmission: +1.2 (0.2; P < 0.0001); treatment: +0.8 (0.1; P < 0.0001); and care and support of TB: +0.5 (0.1; P = 0.0001). Conclusion: This school-based educational interactive workshop significantly improved the knowledge and awareness of the students especially in understanding the causative agent and risk factors of TB disease. We recommend exposure of students to TB educational activities as part of the school curriculum. The knowledge acquired in this workshop is likely to have impact on the wider community and should be assessed in future follow-up studies to determine if it impacts positively on views held within the wider community.

Modifying Pro-Drug Risk Factors in Adolescents: Results From Project ALERT

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar ◽  
Douglas L. Longshore ◽  
Phyllis L. Ellickson ◽  
Daniel F. McCaffrey
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Eighth Graders ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Drug Prevention ◽  
School Environments ◽  
School Based ◽  
Drug Risk ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a revised state-of-the-art drug prevention program, Project ALERT, on risk factors for drug use in mostly rural midwestern schools and communities. Fifty-five middle schools from South Dakota were randomly assigned to treatment or control conditions. Treatment-group students received 11 lessons in Grade 7 and 3 more in Grade 8. Effects for 4,276 eighth graders were assessed 18 months after baseline. Results indicate that Project ALERT had statistically significant effects on all the targeted risk factors associated with cigarette and marijuana use and more modest gains with the pro-alcoholrisk factors. The program helped adolescents at low, moderate, and high risk for future use, with the effect sizes typically stronger for the low- and moderate-risk groups. Thus, school-based drug prevention programs can lower risk factors that correlate with drug use, help low- to high-risk adolescents, and be effective in diverse school environments.

scholarly journals The Impact of Youth and Family Risk Factors on Service Recommendations and Delivery in a School-Based System of Care

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa L. Whitson ◽  
Christian M. Connell ◽  
Stanley Bernard ◽  
Joy S. Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
System Of Care ◽  
Family Risk Factors ◽  
Family Risk ◽  
School Based ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Effectiveness of special awareness campaigns in sustaining leprosy awareness through community participation in rural areas of Maharashtra

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1139
Author(s):  
Vasudev K. Rokade ◽  
A. B. Prabhavalkar
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Knowledge Retention ◽  
Early Sign ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Questionnaire Assessment ◽  
Action Programme ◽  
Community Volunteers ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
The Impact

Background: ALERT-INDIA had launched a strategic programme, leprosy elimination action programme (LEAP) involving all stakeholders, in support of integration of leprosy into general health system. Present study was performed with objectives to understand the effect of focused IEC in transfer of basic knowledge about leprosy, to assess the impact on the level of knowledge about leprosy in the community and to measure the sustainability of knowledge about leprosy over a period of time.Methods: Community level IEC campaigns under SSD and house to house leprosy IPC were carried out by trained staff of NGOs who partnered with LEAP and by trained community volunteers (CVs) from the villages respectively. The questionnaire assessment for IEC effectiveness through SSD strategy implemented is studied. The questionnaire was administered with the interval of 1 month, 3 months and 9 months after SSD to assess the knowledge retention, perspective and sustainability of leprosy awareness.Results: The lowest in SSD area was the knowledge about early signs followed by perception about deformity, spread, and cause. In non-SSD area lowest correct responses was in regard with early sign of infectious leprosy followed by spread, infectivity, cause, perception about deformity, patch as early sign and perception about social acceptance.Conclusions: Focused IEC as a part of selective special drive (SSD) with involvement of CVs properly inducted can increase the level of knowledge and help sustain the leprosy awareness.

scholarly journals The Impact of a School-Based Educational Intervention on Safe Road Crossing in Elementary School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-175
Author(s):  
Marziye Tolide ◽  
Abbasali Dehghani Tafti ◽  
Zohreh Rahaei ◽  
سارا جام سنگ ◽  
Kumars Eisapareh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Road Crossing ◽  
Safe Road

scholarly journals Impact of Educational Intervention on Secondary School Students’ Knowledge, Practices and Attitudes Regarding to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manal Mohamed Ahmed Ayed1 ◽  
Amel abd Elaziem Mohamed ◽  
Thorea Mohamed Mahmoud ◽  
Seham Mohammed AbdElaziz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Coronavirus pandemic disease 2019 is considered an emerging respiratory disease that is highly infectious and is caused by coronavirus and was detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. Coronavirus has affected educational systems worldwide and led to the total closures of schools, universities, and colleges, in the middle of March 2020. The study aimed to evaluate the impact of educational intervention on secondary school students’ knowledge, practical knowledge and attitudes regarding to COVID-19. Methods: A pre/post quasi-experimental design was adopted. A total of 260 students were selected at secondary school students in Sohag City in the study from 20 April to 2 May 2020. The tools utilized in this study consists of: A self-administered questionnaire which contains four parts to assess secondary school students' demographic, knowledge regarding COVID -19, the attitude toward COVID -19 and practice regarding COVID -19 and health education Arabic booklet was prepared by the researchers. The COVID-19 related questionnaire was designed using Google forms regarding the COVID-19, the link of the survey was sent to the respondents via Facebook and Whatsapp groups. Results: A statistically significant difference between secondary students' knowledge attitudes, and practices before and after educational intervention. 202 (77.7%) had a poor pretest attitude level followed by fair (20.0%) and good 6 (2.3%). In the posttest, all 260 students had a good attitude level which improved after educational intervention implementation. (57.7%) had poor pretest practice levels followed by fair (38.3%) and good 10 (4.0%). Recommendations: It is important to encourage cooperation between educational institutions, medical care providers, and health personnel to educate secondary school students about COVID-19.

Stroke Literacy Video for Patients and Families: Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Prevention (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Carter Denny ◽  
Andrea Ancer Leal ◽  
Tahani Casameni Montiel ◽  
Keona Wynne ◽  
Gabrielle Edquilang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Acute Stroke ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Recurrence Risk ◽  
Stroke Recurrence ◽  
Stroke Survivors ◽  
Vascular Risk ◽  
Vascular Events ◽  
Literacy Interventions ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND Most vascular events after stroke may be prevented by modifying vascular risk factors through medical and behavioral interventions. Stroke literacy, an understanding of stroke symptoms, risk factors, and treatment, likely contributes to vascular risk factor control and in turn stroke recurrence risk. Video-based interventions targeting stroke literacy may help acute stroke survivors understand stroke and subsequently reduce stroke recurrence. However, failure of prior stroke literacy interventions may be due in part to the fact that the interventions were not theory-driven. OBJECTIVE To develop a video-based educational intervention to improve stroke literacy in hospitalized acute stroke patients. METHODS The 6-step iterative process of Intervention Mapping (IM) was used to develop a video-based educational intervention and related implementation and evaluation plans. RESULTS A 5-minute video-based educational intervention was developed. The IM approach led to successful intervention development by emphasizing stakeholder involvement, generation and adoption, and information retainment in the planning phase of the intervention. CONCLUSIONS An IM approach guided the development of a video-based educational intervention to promote stroke literacy among acute stroke survivors. Future studies are needed to assess the use of technology and digital media to support wide-spread access and participation in video-based health literacy interventions for the stroke population. Studies are needed to assess the impact of video-based educational interventions paired with stroke systems of care optimization to promote stroke recurrence risk reduction. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR2-https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171952

¡Activate Ya! Co-learning about school-based tobacco prevention and physical activity promotion in secondary school students in Uruguay

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-73
Author(s):  
Andrew E. Springer ◽  
Melissa B. Harrell ◽  
Lucía Martínez Gomensoro ◽  
María Traversa Fresco ◽  
Shannon Rogers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Tobacco Prevention ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Based ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: ¡Activate Ya! was a group-randomized controlled intervention trial aimed at developing and evaluating the impact of a school-based intervention on preventing cigarette smoking and promoting physical activity (PA) in secondary school students in Uruguay. Secondary aims were to evaluate the program’s impact on students’ smoking- and PA-related psychosocial risk and protective factors. Methods: Sixteen schools and n = 654 students participated in the study. The one-year intervention included a classroom-based curriculum, an afterschool program, activity breaks, and final showcase event. A self-administered questionnaire measured outcomes at three time points. Fixed effects regression models tested for differences in outcomes by study condition. Results: While positive intervention effects were found for selected psychosocial-related smoking outcomes, no impact on past-year smoking or smoking susceptibility was detected. Past 7-day PA, measured by the PAQ-C, was significantly higher among intervention school students overall ( p = .048) and for girls ( p = .03) at posttest, and intervention girls reported significantly higher athletic identity PA competence, friend and teacher PA support at posttest, and PA enjoyment at follow-up ( p < .05). Conclusion: The positive short-term effects of ¡Activate Ya! on PA and related outcomes for girls support the utility of school-based health promotion in Uruguay. Additional research is needed to determine the most effective strategies to prevent tobacco use among students and promote PA among boys in this setting.

scholarly journals Impact of an educational intervention on internet usage, among students of an urban higher secondary school in Kochi, Kerala

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 2754
Author(s):  
Reshma Javed ◽  
Sreelakshmi Mohandas ◽  
Alexander John ◽  
Nimitha Paul ◽  
Retheesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Impact

Background: Two-thirds of the 1.11 billion internet users globally are from developing countries. In India, there were 243 million internet users, in 2014. The objectives were to determine the impact of an educational intervention, on internet usage, to estimate the prevalence and to assess the pattern of usage and to assess factors associated with internet usage among students of a higher secondary school.Methods: A school-based interventional study was carried out in Model Technical Higher secondary school, randomly selected from a list of schools in the field practice area of the department. The minimum calculated sample size was 50. All students from 11th and 12th standards were included in the study. The intervention was an interactive health education session focussing on the efficient and safe use of the internet. Post-test data were collected one month after the intervention.Results: The prevalence of internet use was 97%, with the majority starting to use the internet between the ages of 11 and 14 years. Our intervention did not bring a significant change to the number of internet users; however, there was a significant decrease in the number of students using the internet from cafés, the safety concerns of which were addressed during the educational talk.Conclusions: The educational intervention had a positive impact on internet use among students. Therefore, identifying patterns of internet use among students and educating the youth regarding the proper use of the internet is essential.

scholarly journals Impact of educational intervention on awareness of breast cancer among female students of Government College of Nursing, Nagpur

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Seema P. Yadav ◽  
Niwrutti N. Jiwane ◽  
Abhay Dhanorkar
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Government College ◽  
Early Management ◽  
College Of Nursing ◽  
The Impact

Background: The nurses have a major influence on the behavior  of  our  women,  they  need  to  be knowledgeable themselves about breast cancer risk  factors  and  the  importance  of  early detection through screening,  thereby improving a chance of longer life for the patient. The need of the hour is to create awareness about breast cancer for early management of this disease.Methods: The present pre-post test study was carried out among female students in a Government College of Nursing in Nagpur to assess the impact of educational intervention on awareness of breast cancer using a predesigned self-administered questionnaire.Results: The overall knowledge about risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment modalities of breast cancer of significantly increased from pre test to post test.Conclusions: The impact of intervention shows significant increase in knowledge of breast cancer.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document