Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Feb;17(2):183-7. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.11.013. Epub 2009 Dec 29.
We investigated familiarity with, knowledge of, and attitudes toward epilepsy among teachers in elementary schools in Korea, where there is profound prejudice against epilepsy. Most of the teachers thought that epilepsy is a genetic disease. They agreed that children with epilepsy (CWE) should attend regular classes (although with some restriction of school activities) because their academic achievement would be comparable to that of children without epilepsy. However, half of the teachers opposed having CWE in their own classes because they feared a child having a seizure during class and they felt they lacked knowledge of first-aid for seizures. Those teachers who had inaccurate clinical knowledge of epilepsy also demonstrated negative attitudes toward the marriage and employment of persons with epilepsy. We conclude that information about epilepsy should be included in teacher training programs so as to increase their level of knowledge of epilepsy and correct prejudices against epilepsy.
我们调查了韩国小学教师对癫痫的熟悉程度、了解程度和态度，因为在韩国，人们对癫痫存在着深刻的偏见。大多数教师认为癫痫是一种遗传性疾病。他们同意癫痫儿童（CWE）应该上常规课程（尽管对学校活动有一些限制），因为他们的学业成绩可以与没有癫痫的儿童相媲美。然而，一半的教师反对自己的班级中有 CWE，因为他们担心孩子在上课时癫痫发作，而且他们觉得自己缺乏癫痫急救知识。那些对癫痫临床知识不准确的教师也对癫痫患者的婚姻和就业表现出消极态度。我们得出结论，应该在教师培训计划中纳入有关癫痫的信息，以提高他们对癫痫的认识水平，并纠正对癫痫的偏见。
