TRAINING PROGRAM TO ENHANCE NURSE’S KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE REGARDING MALARIA IN A TANZANIAN MILITARY HOSPITAL | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 5, Volume 48, Issue 2, August 2018, Pages 275-288 PDF (878.33 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.12816/0050435 | ||
| Authors | ||
| MAHFOUZ AHMAD AL-AGROUDI1; LAILA ABD EL-MAWLA MEGAHED1; LAWRENCE TIA BANDA2; TOSSON ALY MORSY3 | ||
| 1Military Medical Academy, Cairo11291, Egypt. | ||
| 2Nursing Directorate, Tanzania People’s Defence Forces, Egypt. | ||
| 3Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Malaria is a life threatening disease caused by Plasmodium species. Five zoonotic species were identified of which the risky P. falciparum is encountered in tropical and sub-urban areas, but predominately in Africa. Between 2008 & 2017, trend of malaria in Tanzania showed a decline in morbidity from 18 million cases per annum to 5.5 million.This study enhanced nursesknowledge, attitude and practice regarding malaria in a Tanzanian Military Hospital. Design: A quasi- experimental study was used. Subjects were 106 nurses who accepted to participate in the study, the pilot study was done on 10 nurses and they were excluded from the study sample. Tools were (1) Characteristics of of subjects (2) Educational needs assessment. (3) Knowlegde questionnaire sheet (pre/post). (4) Observational checklist tool. The results revealed that nuses knowledge, attitude, and practice were significantly improved, after implementation of the program that was obvious in comparing pre-test with post-test and in observational checklist scores. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Tanzania; Malaria; Military Nurses; Knowledge; Attitude; Practice | ||
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