Can social scientists be the change agents for diabetes prevention? Diabetes-related knowledge, attitude, and practice among social scientists

Abstract Introduction:Diabetes is an emergency in slow motion in India. There is an urgent need of improving awareness and education on diabetes in the community and the social scientist working in the community health are the important group to make this happen. Objectives:To assess the prevalence of diabetes among the social scientists and measure their knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) on diabetes. Materials and Methods:A delegate of social scientists attending a national conference on social science and health were screened for random blood sugar and a survey was conducted through a structured self-answered questionnaire on KAP in diabetes. Excel Microsoft Office 2010 package was used for descriptive analysis. Results:A total of 245 social scientists attended the conference; of them, 211 (86%) social scientists voluntarily participated in diabetes screening, and among them, 99 (47%) voluntarily responded on KAP questionnaire. Prevalence rate of diabetes among social scientists was found to be 9.5% and the study revealed that the knowledge was fair, attitude was positive, and practice was good among the social scientists working in the field of social health. Conclusion:The social scientists could be the Change Agents for the changing diabetes in the community through appropriate strategies involving them.

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Abstract #270 Knowledge; Attitude and Practice Among Cambodian Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Endocrine Practice ◽

10.1016/s1530-891x(20)47115-0 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. 66

Author(s):

Sum Satha ◽

Sophanara Min ◽

Sotharith Bory ◽

Yom An

Keyword(s):

Diabetic Patients ◽

Type 2 Diabetic Patients ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽

Type 2 Diabetic

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ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE OF FIRST AID, AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS, AMONG KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS

Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research ◽

10.32553/jbpr.v7i5.554 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Amsalu Birara Melese ◽

Alemtsehay Alemu Tesema ◽

Amare Simegn

Keyword(s):

Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽

First Aid ◽

Kindergarten Teachers ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Question ◽

First Aid Training ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽

Structured Questionnaire ◽

Good Attitude

Abstract Background: Injuries are very common now a day and can occur at any point of time in a day to day life. Among them, injuries in school children rank a major part. The objective of this research to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice towards first aid and factors associated among kindergarten teachers. Methods: Institutions based cross-sectional quantitative study design was employed. The study was conducted in Bahir dar town, Amhara region, Ethiopia from March to May 2017. A Pre-tested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Binary and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the separate and confounding effect for variables. Result: A total of 173 respondents were interviewed with a response rate of 93%. From the total respondents 97 (56.1%) scored above mean for knowledge question, In particular, subjects lacked knowledge regarding first aid for Human/animal bite (60.1%) was not answered correctly. Regarding practice out of all respondents, 128(74%) had faced the child in need of first aid. About attitude, all respondents (100%) felt good attitude towards giving and learning first aid. Service year (AOR=8.6, 95%CI0.035-0.399) and previous first aid training (AOR=2.5, 95%CI 1.138-5.570) were found to have a significant association with knowledge of first aid. Conclusion: The knowledge of kindergarten teachers towards first aid were found to be low while they have the good attitude towards giving first aid and receiving training on first aid. It remains necessary to increase their actual first aid knowledge and skills.

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