Effects of Peer Education on the Knowledge and Practice Regarding Selected First Aid among Engineering Student's at South Valley University | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 49, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Page 785-800 PDF (670.43 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.170854 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Warda Ramadan Abouzied1; Fatma Mohamed Elesawy2; Ola Hussein Abo El-maaty Mohamed3; Ragaa Dahi Mohamed Ahmed1 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Critical Care & Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing- Faculty of Nursing- South Valley University, Qena, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Lecturer of Community Health Nursing -Faculty of Nursing- Fayoum University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: First aid becomes the essential phase and urgent intervention to carry out by general people about the spot of the accident. Peer education has been recognized as a valuable tool to giving training for under graduates in first aid which is essential as a primary response in emergency cases. Aim: Evaluate the effects of peer education on the knowledge and practice regarding selected first aid among engineering students at south valley university. Methods: A quasi experimental design (pre and posttest) was conducted on 160 students from the 1st to 4th years in the Faculty of Engineering at South Valley University. Two research tools were used in the study: A self-administered questionnaire concerning the socio-demographic characteristics of the studied student, their knowledge about first aid and student’s performance checklist regarding the first aid measures. Results: After the application of peer education there were statistically significant changes in mean scores of all items as well as the overall score of knowledge and practice (P-Value < 0.001). Conclusion: The application of peer education has been effective in achieving substantial changes in the knowledge and practices of students regarding first aid procedures. Recommendation: The research proposed the use of peer education in teaching first aid for students in other colleges as well as students in the school setting | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Peer Educational; First Aid; Faculty of Engineering Students | ||||
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