Malaria educational program: knowledge, attitude and performance of housewives in Bandar Abbas city
Publish place: 2nd International Congress of Climate Change & vector borne Diseases and 4th National Congress of Medical
Publish Year: 1398
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: English
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DCME02_281
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 19 آذر 1398
Abstract:
The highest mortality of Malaria is reported from developing countries. Using Bed nets an effective and important strategy for Malaria control. Since the education of using insecticide-treated bed nets, has a crucial role in protecting children and pregnant women against Malaria, this study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of educational program improving the knowledge, attitude and performance of household women in Bandar Abbas city about Malaria.Method and Materials:This is a quasi-experimental and interventional investigation in which 172 housewives living in suburb region of Bandar Abbas were participated. They were divided into control and intervention groups randomly.The pretests were done by use of knowledge, attitude and behavioral questionnaire and checklists. They were trained during 48 hours about Malaria disease, its complications, prevention and especial cares. Post tests were done 2 months after intervention. The findings were compared in and between two groups. Data analysis was conducted through SPSS software version 20, using independent samples t, paired t test, chi-squared test and Wilcoxon signed rank test.Results:There were significant differences after intervention in the mean scores of knowledge (P< 0.001), attitude (P< 0.001), and behavior (P< 0.001) between two studied groups.Conclusion:This study showed that education affected the knowledge and performance of the studies people significantly and caused to progress suitable Malaria s preventive behaviors
Authors
Mojdeh Azizi
Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Leila Ghahremani
Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Mohammad Djaefar Moemenbellah-Fard
Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Medical Entomology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Haleh Ghaem
Shiraz, Iran; cDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran