Effect of Health Education on Knowledge Attitude Practice towards Malaria among Basic Schools Pupils in Taiz

• 作者: Adel N. Aljasari Ali M. Assabri Arwa A. Farea Belquis A. Farea Nahid A. Baktayan
• 来源期刊: 健康(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Community-Based Trial Heath Education School Children Intervention and Non-Intervention Impact of Health Education Campaign MALARIA Taiz Yemen
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（9）
• 页码范围: 1299-1317
• 页数: 19页
• 分类号: R53

摘要

<p align="justify"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><strong>Background:</strong> Malaria is one of the main health problems in Yemen. Health education is essential for the control of diseases such as malaria. School-age children represent 25% of Yemen’s population. Schools children can convey the knowledge and skills that they acquire at school to the community, thus increasing general community awareness about malaria. Aim to determine the impact of school-based malaria education intervention on knowledge, attitude and practice of school children towards malaria prevention and control. <strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a community-based trial, intervention and non-intervention comparison (exposed & non-exposed), in four randomly selected districts (rural and urban) of Taiz governorate. This study was conducted in four districts of Taiz governorate. The study population was 2130 pupils of grade 6, 7, and 8 in primary schools, chosen from four randomly selected districts;two of them were rural and the others urban. Four schools and their pupils (1065 pupils) were chosen for the study and assigned as an intervention group and four schools with their pupils (1065) were chosen for the study and assigned as a non-intervention (1065 pupils). Data were collected using questioner in intervention and non-intervention schools (three months apart). The major intervention activities included lectures about malaria, distribution of educational materials. χ² was used to analyze differences. <strong>Results: </strong>Health education activities in schools were associated with the increased knowledge of malaria symptoms and methods of prevention. The mean knowledge of malaria symptoms is higher in the intervention schools 4.4 ± 1.9, compared with 2.1 ± 1.4 in the non-intervention group. With statistically significant difference (P < 0.001), also the positive attitude and practice toward malaria was higher to be (48%) in the intervention group;compared with (35%) in the non-intervention group the di