The Impact of Some Healthy Initiatives on Rural Population in Assiut Governorate | ||
| Journal of Sohag Agriscience (JSAS) | ||
| Volume 8, Issue 2 - Serial Number 14, December 2023, Pages 113-131 PDF (1011.4 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research and Review Papers | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jsasj.2023.334517 | ||
| Author | ||
| Randa Youssef M. Sultan* | ||
| Department of the Rural Sociology and Agricultural Extension Faculty of Agriculture Assiut University 82524 Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study aims to identify the sources of knowledge of the respondents about health initiatives and the reasons for their interest in it, measure the degree of social and administrative evaluation of health initiatives, identify the obstacles facing these initiatives from the point of view of the respondents, identify some suggestions to increase the effectiveness of these initiatives, and finally determine the degree of benefit of the respondents from health initiatives and the factors affecting it. To achieve the aim of the study, A representative sample of the beneficiaries of the initiatives under study was drawn from the records of the Health Directorate in the governorate, where the number of those who were examined and confirmed to have the disease was determined. Manfalut Center was chosen as the largest center in the number of infected cases, then the village of Bani Rafi was chosen as the largest village in the number of infected cases. Frequencies and percentages for the preparation of characterization and presentation tables, as well as using simple and multiple correlation coefficients to test the validity of hypotheses. The results showed that television is the main source of knowledge, and the most important reason for the respondents' interest in both initiatives is the desire to check on health on the one hand, and to receive treatment on the other hand, in addition to saving time, effort and cost. It was also found that the social evaluation of both initiatives was high, and that the most important obstacles The complexity of some examination procedures and some matters related to the medical team, and it was found that both initiatives have contributed well to the direct benefit of the respondents who have the disease by saving time, effort and hardship of moving across different distances, and the cost of transportation for the patient and his companions, and the cost of examination and follow-up, and the cost of medicines, in addition to healing More than half of the study sample | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Health initiatives; Virus C initiative; Egyptian women’s health support initiative; Rural Population; Assuit Governorate | ||
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