Effect of health education program-based on a health belief model on mothers’ knowledge and practices regarding choking prevention and management for their children | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 15, Volume 25, Issue 2, June 2022, Page 235-257 PDF (777.11 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2022.243373 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Reda Elfeshawy1; Fatma Ahmed El Sobky2; Farida Khalil Ibrahim Mohamed3; Hamida Ahmed Mustafa Darweesh4 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University | ||||
| 2Assistant professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University | ||||
| 3Lecturer of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||||
| 4Lecturer of Nursing Education, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a vital public health problem. The most dangerous complication of FBA is choking. Nurses can play a critical role in increasing education efforts through providing choking-prevention educational programs to parents and other caregivers Aim of the study: evaluate the effect of a health education program based on a health belief model on mothers’ knowledge and practice regarding choking for their children. Subjects and method: quasiexperimental research design was used. Settings: This study was conducted at Benha University and Benha Teaching Hospital outpatient Clinics. Subjects: Convenience sampling including 110 mothers was used for data collection. Tools of data collection: tool I: a structured questionnaire to assess mothers’ knowledge and practice related to choking management and prevention. Tool II: The questionnaire expanding the concepts of HBM Results: The results showed the majority of the mothers had satisfactory knowledge level after 30 days from application of educational program. There was a statistically significant difference between pre and after 30 days of health education application to the mothers. Also, after 30 days from application, nearly all of them have good FBA practice management. Conclusion: The study concluded that the prominence of continuing education based on HBM on mothers' knowledge and practice in management and prevention of FBA. Recommendation: educational programs and proposing training programs is tremendously crucial to inhibit choking and FBA | ||||
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