Amein, N., El-Hady Bader, S., Bayomi, S., Hossein, Y. (2014). Educational intervention for Caregivers about Intestinal Parasitic Infestations for First Year Primary School Students in Minia City. test, 2(3), 56-68. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2014.58567
Naglaa Mohammed Amein; Soheir Ali El-Hady Bader; Soad Sayed Bayomi; Yosria EL-sayed Hossein. "Educational intervention for Caregivers about Intestinal Parasitic Infestations for First Year Primary School Students in Minia City". test, 2, 3, 2014, 56-68. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2014.58567
Amein, N., El-Hady Bader, S., Bayomi, S., Hossein, Y. (2014). 'Educational intervention for Caregivers about Intestinal Parasitic Infestations for First Year Primary School Students in Minia City', test, 2(3), pp. 56-68. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2014.58567
Amein, N., El-Hady Bader, S., Bayomi, S., Hossein, Y. Educational intervention for Caregivers about Intestinal Parasitic Infestations for First Year Primary School Students in Minia City. test, 2014; 2(3): 56-68. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2014.58567

Educational intervention for Caregivers about Intestinal Parasitic Infestations for First Year Primary School Students in Minia City

Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
Article 6, Volume 2, Issue 3, June 2014, Pages 56-68    PDF (523.56 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2014.58567
Authors
Naglaa Mohammed Amein1; Soheir Ali El-Hady Bader2; Soad Sayed Bayomi3; Yosria EL-sayed Hossein3
1Department of , community health nursing- faculty of nursing, EL-Minia university
2Department of , community health nursing- faculty of nursing- Cairo university
3Department of , community health nursing- faculty of nursing Assiut university
Abstract
Parasitic infestations are serious public health problem that lead to physical and mental health problems such as iron deficiency anemia, growth retardation, and lack of concentration. The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of an educational intervention for caregivers about intestinal parasitic infestations for first year primary school students at EL-Minia city. Quasi-Experimental research design was utilized in the current study. The study was conducted in four primary governmental schools at EL-Minia city. Multi stage random sample techniques were used in this study. Data were collected using structured interview questionnaire to assess caregiver's knowledge about intestinal infestation, Observational check list for asses house environmental through home visit , observational check list to asses caregivers practice and Attitude scale to assess the caregiver's attitude regarding the safety food. The study result evident that there was a highly statistically significant difference between the caregivers’ knowledge about intestinal infestation in pre, post test and follow-up (P value = 0.001). Also, there with highly statistically significant difference between caregivers and practices in pre and post test (p=0.001), the majority of caregivers agree the food eating is healthy in pre test decreased to 95.0% on post test, with statistically significant difference (p value = 0.04). The present study concluded that the educational intervention there with significant improvement of knowledge, practices and attitudes of caregivers regarding intestinal parasitic infestations. It was recommended that periodical educational intervention should be implemented for caregivers of the primary school children at Upper Egypt regarding intestinal parasitic infestation to improve knowledge and practices.
Keywords
parasite; intestinal infestation; hygienic measures
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