scholarly journals Tuberculosis related knowledge among the high school students in a selected area of Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Farzana Karim
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Public Health Challenge ◽  
Serious Disease ◽  
Tuberculosis Disease

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major global public health challenge. In some countries, it is a re-emerging infectious disease. This descriptive type of cross sectional study was carried out among the 200 high school students in a selected semi urban area under Dhaka division of Bangladesh to evaluate their tuberculosis related knowledge. Data were collected by face to face interview of the respondents and analyzed by using SPSS version 16. In this study 53% respondents were male and others were female. Mean age of the respondents was 13.5 years. Among the respondents all of them heard the term tuberculosis. About 36% respondents told that they obtained some information about tuberculosis from television, 29% told book, 17.5 % told radio, 12.5% told newspaper. Majority of the respondents told that tuberculosis is a serious disease whereas 7% told that it is not very serious disease. Majority of the respondents told that cough lasts more than three weeks is the symptom of tuberculosis. More than half of the respondents told that tuberculosis can be transmitted by infected person to person. Among the respondents only 42% told that tuberculosis must be treated by medicine prescribed by doctor. Others (40.5%) said that it is cured by herbal or homeopathy treatment. About 12.5% respondents told that tuberculosis is non curable and 05% told that no treatment is required for this type of disease. About 40% respondents told that they do not know how to prevent tuberculosis disease, 22.5% told that avoidance of TB patients can prevent TB infection. From this study findings it may be concluded that tuberculosis related knowledge among the respondents was not adequate.International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 02 No. 04 October’18. Page : 220-223

scholarly journals Knowledge of conjunctivitis among high school students in Pokhara valley of Western Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Sarita Tuladhar ◽  
Jamuna Gurung
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Pokhara Valley

Introduction: Conjunctivitis is a common health problem in Nepal. It is inflammation of conjunctiva presenting as red eye. It is a communicable eye disease. Health education to the students and proper management can help spread of the disease. Knowledge of conjunctivitis among school students will help in prevention of the disease. So the study was carried out to assess the knowledge of conjunctivitis among high school students in Pokhara valley of Western Nepal. Materials/ Methods: A school based cross sectional study was performed among six government schools in western Nepal from May 2019 to June 2019. Students from grade eight, nine and ten were included in the study. Data was collected using structured questionnaire including demographic data, knowledge regarding sign symptoms of conjunctivitis, treatment, prevention, complication of conjunctivitis. Data was analysed using SPSS version 11.6. Result: A total of 523 students were included in the study. The mean age of the students was 14.7 ± 1.2 years with majority of females (53%). Nearly 2/3rd of the students (61.6%) had heard of conjunctivitis. Majority of the students (87.4%) of the students mentioned that it is communicable while 80.3% of the students correctly mentioned its etiology. Majority of the students (97.9%) mentioned that it is curable with treatment as first option (97.5%). Majority of the students (98.3%) correctly responded to the preventive measures but majority of the students (83.2%) wrongly mentioned mode of transmission. Conclusion: Secondary school students in Western Nepal have poor knowledge of conjunctivitis. Appropriate eye health education should be given to school students to prevent rapid spread of infective conjunctivitis.  

scholarly journals Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices on Epilepsy among High School Students of Central Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lekhjung Thapa ◽  
Tirtha Raj Bhandari ◽  
Shakti Shrestha ◽  
Ramesh Sharma Poudel
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Central Nepal ◽  
Negative Beliefs

Introduction. Epilepsy continues to increase worldwide but, unfortunately, many high school students have inadequate knowledge of and negative beliefs towards the disease. We aimed to assess the knowledge, beliefs, and practices of epilepsy among high school students of Central Nepal. Materials and Methods. A cross-sectional study was performed involving 1360 high school students from 33 private schools across Bharatpur, from June 2013 to July 2013, to assess their knowledge, beliefs, and practices (KBP) on epilepsy using a standardized questionnaire. The differences in mean KBP scores between different sexes, religions, and those personally knowing versus not knowing someone with epilepsy were assessed using independent t-tests; a Pearson correlation was calculated to assess the relationship between KBP scores and age. Results. Of 1360 participants, 79 (5.8%) students had never heard or read about epilepsy and were consequently excluded from statistical analysis. Only 261 out of 1360 (19.2%) had personally known someone with epilepsy. The mean KBP scores were 5.0/8, 7.4/12, and 1.7/3, respectively. Statistically significant differences were only observed in the knowledge component of the KBP score; female scored higher than males (p<0.001) and, interestingly, students who had personally known a person with epilepsy actually knew less than those who had not known one (p=0.018). We also found a significant negative correlation between knowledge and age (p=0.003). Conclusions. The overall knowledge, beliefs, and practices appear to be inadequate, emphasizing the need for further educational intervention.

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