Impact of structured educational program on maternal knowledge, attitude, and practice toward diarrhea management in children <5 years age in Anantapur District

Breastfeeding has been accepted as the most vital intervention for reducing infant mortality, ensuring optimal growth and development of children. Proper breastfeeding provides all essential nutrients for the first 6 months and is one of the cost effective intervention for reducing infant mortality and disease. It is one of the essential actions for infant development and survival. Maternal knowledge and attitudes as well as socio- demographic and cultural factors influence the practice of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF).This study reflects the knowledge, attitude and practice of EBF among breastfeeding mothers with infants aged 0-6 months. Exclusive breastfeeding means feeding a baby with only mother’s breast milk without any additional food or drinks including water. The main objective of this research is to explore the knowledge, attitude and practice of EBF behavior of the mothers. Using the simple random sampling, Sachal area, ward no.2 of Lalitpur metropolitan city was selected as study area. For the data collection 30-breastfeeding mother-infant pairs were purposively selected as the key informant. Data were collected from 30 mother-infant pairs by using interview schedules.

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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of diabetic people in Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20171860 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (5) ◽

pp. 2150 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Walid G. Babikr ◽

Abdullah I. Aedh ◽

Awad Mohamed Ahmed ◽

Ahmed Abdelraheem ◽

Mohammed Alasmary ◽

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Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Educational Program ◽

Attitude Questionnaire ◽

Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge Questionnaire ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Health Authorities ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: This cross-sectional hospital based study aimed at determining the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of diabetes among local people of Najran, Saudi Arabia.Methods: We aimed to investigate the levels of knowledge, attitude and practice among diabetic people in Najran area.Results: 10% of the participants scored >7, 28% scored >5 and 62% scored 5 and less in Knowledge questionnaire. None [0.00%] of the participants scored 7 or more out of the attitude questionnaire. 100% of the participants scored 5 and less out of 12. 100% of the participants scored >6 and 0% scored 12 or more in the practice questionnaire.Conclusions: Our study revealed that the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of diabetes in the area of Najran is very poor. We suggest that a structured educational program to be adopted by the health authorities in Saudi Arabia.

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Effect of Educational Empowerment on Student Nurses’ Knowledge, Practice, and Attitude toward Genomic Counselling

Evidence-Based Nursing Research ◽

10.47104/ebnrojs3.v3i1.208 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 9

Author(s):

Amal T. A. Alsharkawy ◽

Safaa F. Draz ◽

Ghada S. Hassan ◽

Mohamed A. Alhofi

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Educational Program ◽

Student Nurses ◽

P Value ◽

Genomic Counseling ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Knowledge Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽

Nurses Knowledge

Context: All over the world, the increased awareness of the importance of early diagnosis of genetic diseases has given them priority in primary health care. However, more recent surveys indicate that genetics content is still lacking in nursing curricula. Aim: Evaluate the effect of educational empowerment on student nurses' knowledge, practice, and attitude toward genomic counseling. Methods: Quasi-experimental (pre/posttest) design was utilized to collect the data of this study. The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing affiliated to Ain Shams University. The subjects were all available adolescent nursing students who enrolled in the pediatric and obstetric course in the third year. The study sample was composed of 340 nursing students. Researchers used a self-administered questionnaire that includes characteristics of subjects and the assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice of students. Results: 47.65% of the studied students had poor knowledge at the pre-educational program phase. In comparison, 55.88% had good knowledge at the post educational program, with a highly significant difference at p-value <0.01. There was a highly significant difference between studied students' attitudes toward genetic disease, health history benefits, genetic examination benefits, genomic counseling, follow-up, and decision-making process domains at pre and post-educational program at p-value <0.001. Also, the results reveal that 79.41% of studied students had unsatisfactory practice at the pre-educational program, while 70.59% of them had satisfactory practice at post educational program. There was a highly positive correlation between knowledge, practice, and attitude of studied students about genomic counseling at the pre-educational program. Conclusion: Educational empowerment positively affected adolescent nursing students' knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding genomic counseling. The study recommended continuous training for adolescent nursing students about genetic counseling to prepare them for their future roles. Future studies are needed to examine the relationship between knowledge, attitude, and practice of adolescent nursing students regarding genomic counseling.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers on prevention and control of intestinal parasitic infection among their preschool children in Sekota town, Waghimra zone, Ethiopia

10.21203/rs.2.15248/v3 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mesfin Wudu Kassaw ◽

Ayele Mamo Abebe ◽

Biruk Beletew Abate ◽

Alemu Birara Zemariam ◽

Ayelign Mengesha Kassie

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Ascaris Lumbricoides ◽

Prevention And Control ◽

Intestinal Parasites ◽

Parasitic Infection ◽

Intestinal Parasitic Infection ◽

Maternal Knowledge ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

And Control ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Abstract Background: Intestinal parasitic infection is one of the common communicable diseases across the world. Globally, more than 1.5 billion individuals infected with one or more parasitic agents. Of the victim individuals, 700 and 807 million people were infected by Hookworm and Ascariasis respectively. Intestinal parasites are prevalent in developing countries and to the most in sub-Saharan Africa. The prevalence of helminthiases in Ethiopia range from 27.2% to 85.1%. Particularly, young children have a high infestation rate and they suffer from a substantial burden of Ascaris lumbricoides,Trichuris trichiura, and Schistosomiasis. Therefore, this study was intended to assess mother’s knowledge, attitude and practice on prevention and control of intestinal parasitic infection among their pre-school children in Sekota town, Ethiopia.Methods: A community based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 378 mothers using simple random sampling method, and gave a response rate of 98.4%. The findings are presented in percentage, frequency and tables. In all of the data collection, data analysis, and write up phases, a standard operational procedure was followed. A bivariate covariate analysis were undertaken to assess the correlation of total knowledge, attitude, and practice scores. Results: The level of good maternal knowledge, positive maternal attitude, and good maternal practice in preventing and controlling intestinal parasitic infection on their preschool children was 45.2% (95% CI, 40.2, 50.5), 55.3% (95% CI, 50.8, 61.1), and 51.1 (95% CI, 46.0, 56.1) respectively. In assessing mothers knowledge, seventy seven (20.4%) of them reported that they knew Ascaris lumbricoides, and on the maternal practices in preventing IP infection, 62 (16.4%) mothers wash vegetables, and 252 (66.7%) mothers stated that their children had at least one history of stool examination. Conclusions: The overall level of good maternal knowledge, positive maternal attitude, and good maternal practice on prevention and control of intestinal parasites was low. Specifically, the level of knowledge was significantly low. Therefore, community awareness about intestinal parasitic infection prevention and control methods should be created.

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