Health Educational Program for Mothers regarding Prevention of Helicobacter Pylori Infection for their Children under Five Years | ||||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||||
| Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2023, Page 564-576 PDF (714.81 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.278833 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ebtesam Ali Mohamed* 1; Mahbouba Sobhy Abd El- Aziz2; Mona Abdallah Abdel-Mordy2 | ||||
| 1Assistant lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing – Beni-Suef University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Benha University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: The Helicobacter Pylori infection (HPI) has emerged as one of the most common chronic bacterial infections worldwide. The main ways to transmit HPI is direct contact from personto-person by oral-to-oral or fecal–to oral and crowded living conditions. Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate health educational program for mothers regarding prevention of helicobacter pylori infection for their children under five years. Design: A quasi-experimental study design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in Pediatric Outpatient Clinic at Benha University Hospital and followed by home visit. Sample: A convenient sample of 97 mothers was included in the study within 6 months. Tools: Two tools were used to collect data; Tool (I): A structured interviewing questionnaire: Which divided into five parts; personal characteristics of the studied mothers regarding what their children, mothers family characteristics, mothers' knowledge and mothers' reported practices . Tool (II): An observational checklist: This consisted of two parts; mothers' observed practices and housing and living condition assessment. Results: There was a highly statistically significant improvement in mothers' knowledge and practices regarding prevention of HPI after educational program implementation. Conclusion: Utilization of health educational program achieving significant improvements in mothers’ knowledge and practices. Also, there was a positive correlation between total score of knowledge and reported and observed practices. Recommendations: Healthy hygienic guidelines are needed to decrease the incidence of HPI and strengthen the knowledge and practices among high-risk populations and low socioeconomic families. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Children under five years; Educational program; Helicobacter pylori; Mothers; Prevention | ||||
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