scholarly journals IMPACT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON KNOWLEDGE ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AMONG TEACHERS IN TWIN CITIES OF PAKISTAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 176-180
Author(s):  
Zahid Naeem ◽  
Saba Savul ◽  
Umme Kulsoom Khattak ◽  
Kholood Janjua
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Twin Cities ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Health Education Intervention ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Study Participants

Background: Child sexual abuse is a critical and neglected public health issue in Pakistan. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a health education intervention on knowledge of child sexual abuse among school teachers of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.Methods: This interventional community trial was conducted in eight private schools in Islamabad and Rawalpindi from March to June 2018. Schools were randomly selected and the study participants consisted of female teachers above 20 years of age. Teachers were given knowledge regarding child sexual abuse by means of comprehensive presentations, videos and distribution of written educational materials. Data were collected by a pre-tested selfdesigned questionnaire which was completed by the study participants before and after the health education intervention. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 23. Paired t-test was used to determine the mean difference and McNemar's test was used for pairwise comparison of knowledge before and after the intervention. Results: The mean age of teachers was 27.63 (±5.16) years and the average time spent in teaching profession was 5.44 (±3.58 years). The mean pre-workshop score was 10.06 (± 2.65) and the mean post-workshop score was 18.35 (± 1.28). The mean difference between these two scores was statistically significant (p <0.001). The total percentage of correct answers was 50.2% before the intervention and 90.8% after the intervention (p-value <0.001). Conclusion: The health education intervention dispelled various myths and was successful in improving knowledge and awareness regarding child sexual abuse among school teachers in twin cities of Pakistan.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN TERHADAP PENINGKATAN PENGETAHUAN DAN PENURUNAN KEPADATAN TIKUS DI SUMURBOTO, KECAMATAN BANYUMANIK, SEMARANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Martini Martini ◽  
Sri Yuliawati ◽  
Retno Hestiningsih ◽  
Nissa Kusariana ◽  
Sudjut Haryanto
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Health Education Intervention ◽  
Before And After

Semarang, the capital city of Central Java Province, is one of the endemic areas in Indonesia with increasing case fatality rate in the last three years. Accordingly, the educational intervention is fundamentally requested. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of health education intervention on  the community knowledge improvement and its implication for reducing the rat populations. The study was performed using field experiment with pretest and post test designs. A total of 55 cadres and housewives joining on the various education program at Sumurboto Village, Banyumanik Sub district, Semarang was used as research subjects. The health education interventions introduced in the study were counselling and mentoring. ,Data were analyzed using paired t-test. The results revealed that the knowledge of the subject research significantly increased and the rat populations significantly decreased after being given the educational intervention. The rat species identified in Sumurboto Village were Rattus norvegicus, R. tanezumi, R. exulans and Suncus murinus. The knowledge score before and after the intervention was 80.87 and 88.83 respectively. Meanwhile, the rat populations measured by trap success method reduced from 8% to 6% after the intervention. Nevertheless, the rat population in Sumurboto Village is considerably relative high indicating that the village possessed a high risk on leptospirosis attack. It is strongly suggested that the health education intervention in the community should be regularly maintained in order to accelerate the knowledge of leptospirosis and reduce the rat populations.   

scholarly journals The Effect of Using Multimedia Education in Women’s Breast Cancer Screening Health Education Program

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Der Hsu ◽  
Cheng‑Jueng Chen ◽  
Jyh-Cherng Yu ◽  
Zhi-Jie Hong
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Breast Cancer Screening ◽  
Breast Screening ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Health Education Intervention ◽  
Study Participants

Breast cancer is an important disease that threatens the lives of women. The majority of breast screening health education is printed promotional material, which is ineffective in enhancing women&rsquo;s knowledge on breast screening in Taiwan, and showed low breast cancer screening rate in women. This provided the impetus for us to carry out this study to understand the major barrier of women on breast cancer and screening procedures. This study used quasi-experimental design and purposive sampling. The study participants were 45&ndash;69 year-old women. Data collection was carried out before and after intervention. The health belief model was used as a research framework to examine changes in the study participants after multimedia health education intervention for detecting which factors most affect women's breast cancer screening behavior. Then we could make the policy for enhancing women's breast cancer screening in the future. Our study showed that after multimedia health education intervention, the scores of perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action, and self-efficacy in the experimental group were all significantly higher than the control group. We believe that the effectiveness of multimedia health education is better than traditional health education methods, and can enhance women to receive breast cancer screening.

scholarly journals Impact of health education intervention on knowledge and perception of cervical cancer and screening for women in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Innocentia Ebu ◽  
Salome Amissah-Essel ◽  
Christiana Asiedu ◽  
Selorm Akaba ◽  
Kingsley Asare Pereko
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Health Education Intervention ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Background The burden of cervical cancer continues to rise in developing economies. Women in the sub-Saharan African region have higher chances of developing cervical cancer due to a greater prevalence of related risk factors. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of health education intervention on cervical cancer and screening perceptions of women in the Komenda, Edina, Eguafo, and Abirem (K.E.E.A) District in the Central Region of Ghana. Methods A non-equivalent control-group design was used to select church women; 396 in the intervention group and 386 in the control group, aged 11 to 70 years in the K.E.E.A District in the Central Region of Ghana. Data was collected via a validated structured interview schedule and analysed using the paired - and independent-samples t-tests, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Mann-Whitney U test. Results A comparison of the mean differences between the pre-post-test scores for the intervention and control groups showed a statistically significant difference for knowledge of cervical cancer (t = 6.22, df = 780, p = 0.001), knowledge of cervical cancer screening (t = 5.96, df = 780, p = 0.001), perceived seriousness (t = 3.36, df = 780, p = 0.001), perceived benefits (t = 9.19, df = 780, p = 0.001), and perceived barriers (t = 3.19, df = 780, p = 0.001). However, perceived susceptibility for the intervention group reduced, evidenced by a decrease in the mean (mean = − 0.12) compared to the control group (mean = 0.93) and this was statistically significant (t = 2.72, df = 780, p = 0.007). Conclusions Health education interventions are critical in improving knowledge and perceptions, and increasing self-efficacy of women about cervical cancer and screening. Trial registration ISRCTN Registry: Current Controlled Trials, ISRCTN13468198. Registered 22 March 2019.

scholarly journals Effect of health education intervention conducted by Primary Health Care workers on oral health knowledge and practices of nursing mothers in Lagos State

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abiola Adetokunbo Adeniyi ◽  
Afolabi Oyapero ◽  
Victor Ajieroh ◽  
Oyinkansola Sofola ◽  
Oladapo Asiyanbi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Health Education Intervention ◽  
The Mean

Educational interventions on oral health care is traditionally carried out mainly by oral health workers in Nigeria. Despite the introduction of the National Oral Health Policy, oral health services/education is virtually non-existent in PHC centres in Nigeria. This study sought to determine the effect of a health education intervention delivered by Community Health Officers (CHO) on the oral health knowledge and practices of mothers attending a PHC centre in Lagos State. A pre-experimental, Before- After study design was employed. An interviewer- administered questionnaire was administered at baseline to assess the oral health care knowledge and practices of 267 mothers who enrolled in the programme. After enrolling the participants, CHO’s previously trained commenced a health education intervention on oral health. The intervention, which consisted of 2 lecture sessions, a demonstration session and a return demonstration session, utilising flipcharts and health information leaflets spanned a six-month period. Oral health knowledge and practices of participating mothers was evaluated 3 and 6 months after the intervention commenced using a standardised checklist. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS version 20, P-value of <0.05 was considered significant. The mean oral health knowledge score at baseline was 4.58 (±1.37) while at 3-month and 6-month postintervention the mean scores were 4.68 (±0.97) and 4.96 (±0.49), respectively. There was a statistically significant increase (P=0.000) in the mean knowledge scores at 6 months post-intervention. Mothers who were 36 years or older and those with more than 12 years education displayed significantly better knowledge scores (P<0.05). Most (78.3%) reported using cotton wool or foam with water for their infants’ oral hygiene. By the second post-intervention visit, there was a significant change in the perception of the mothers on correct oral hygiene tool for infants (52.3%; P=0.000). Furthermore the percentage of mothers actually using toothbrush to clean their child’s mouth (98.1%; P=0.000) had increased. The oral health knowledge of the participants increased significantly following the intervention especially at the 6-month evaluation. PHC workers can successfully carry out oral health educational interventions at PHC level. The greatest value will occur with reinforced repetition of the messages.

Fatigue Management Health Education Intervention Effects on Flight Attendants

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (12) ◽  
pp. 911-917
Author(s):  
Chia-Jung Hu ◽  
Feng-Ping Lee ◽  
Rei-Mei Hong
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Flight Attendants ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Intervention Effects ◽  
Fatigue Management ◽  
Management Knowledge ◽  
Health Education Intervention ◽  
Experimental Group

BACKGROUND: This study explored the impact of a fatigue management health education intervention (FMI) on flight attendants fatigue management knowledge, attitudes, behavioral intention, self-efficacy, and fatigue intensity.METHODS: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design was used. The sample included 70 flight attendants of an international airline company in Taiwan. The experimental group (N 34) received an FMI, while the control group (N 36) had no intervention. Fatigue management knowledge, attitude, behavior intention, self-efficacy, and fatigue intensity were assessed at baseline and 1 wk later. Single-factor analysis of covariance and Jensen Neman methods were used to assess the differences in outcomes between the two groups.RESULTS: Attitude and self-efficacy in the experimental group were significantly improved after the FMI [standardized mean difference (SMD), 0.96; 1.98]. The intervention also reduced their fatigue intensity (SMD 6.05) and both knowledge and behavioral intention scores were increased in more than 80% of subjects in the experimental group.DISCUSSION: FMI can effectively improve fatigue management knowledge, attitudes, behavioral intention, and self-efficacy and reduce fatigue intensity in flight attendants.Hu CJ, Lee FP, Hong RM. Fatigue management health education intervention effects on flight attendants. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2020; 91(12):911917.

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