Assessment of School Students' Awareness Towards Viral Hepatitis in Sohag Governorate | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Article 35, Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2019, Page 492-500 PDF (263.09 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.219062 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Manal Fahmy Hussein1; Randa Mohamed Adly2; Hyam Refaat Tantawi3; Amina Mohamed Thabet4 | ||||
1Nursing Specialist at Technical Institute of Nursing, Sohag University, | ||||
2Professor of Pediatric Nursing at Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||||
3Asst.Professor of Pediatric Ain Shams University | ||||
4Asst.Professor of Pediatric Nursing at Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Hepatitis viruses are a type of liver disease which is the leading cause of liver cancer and cirrhosis. Adequate information and good practice are the essential factors to reduce the risk of the disease. This study aimed to: Assess the students' level of knowledge and reported practices related to prevention of viral hepatitis. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study was used to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at 5 preparatory schools (Huda Sharawi for girls, Khaled Ebn El- walid, Salah Salem for boys, El-Taiser for girls, El –Mohandes El –Nabwi) and 1 secondary public school (El-Shaimaa for girls) in Sohag Governorate. Subjects: A convenient sample of 396 students was selected from the previously mentioned schools. Tools of data collection: First tool: Predesigned self-administered questionnaire. Second tool: Students' reported practices assessment. Results: The present study showed that nearly half of studied students are in the age group 11- < 13 years with mean age 13.23± 1.88 years and less than two thirds of them were female. In addition, more than three quarters of them had unsatisfactory level of knowledge and two thirds of them had satisfactory level of total reported practices related to prevention of viral hepatitis. Conclusion: There was a positive correlation between total knowledge of the studied students and total reported practices regarding prevention of viral hepatitis. Also, it was concluded that age of students, gender, the accompanying persons in home, ranking, level of education for both the studied students & their mothers, number of family members, mass media, health care worker and school considered as factors that affect the students' awareness about viral hepatitis. Recommendation: Conducting health education programs at school to raise the awareness of the students about viral hepatitis and its prevention. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Viral hepatitis; Awareness; School students | ||||
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