Wassef Osama, Elgendy Souad, Dawah Abd El-Moniem, Elawady Mona, Khedr Enjy
Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Qualybeia, Egypt.
J Public Health Afr. 2023 Apr 28;14(5):2322. doi: 10.4081/jphia.2023.2322. eCollection 2023 Apr 30.
In December 2019, an outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, has been reported in China.
This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) of Benha Health Technical Institute (BHTI) students and to evaluate the impact of a health education program about COVID-19 on their KAP.
This is an interventional study that recruited 398 students from BHTI and was conducted in 3 phases. Firstly, an assessment of students' KAP was done using a structured questionnaire concerning COVID-19. Secondly, an education program about COVID-19 was conducted. Lastly, the reassessment of KAP was carried out using the same questionnaire after one month.
The median knowledge, attitude, and practice scores among the studied students in the pre-interventional stage were 12, 15, and 26 which had significantly increased to 15, 16, and 28 respectively after the intervention. The knowledge score of the participants was significantly affected by students' age and grade of education; the attitude score was affected by age, gender, and grade of education, while the practice score was only affected by participants' age.
The educational program significantly increased the KAP of BHTI students.
2019年12月，中国报告了由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2引起的2019新型冠状病毒病疫情。
本研究旨在评估本哈健康技术学院（BHTI）学生的知识、态度和行为（KAP），并评估关于COVID-19的健康教育计划对其KAP的影响。
这是一项干预性研究，从BHTI招募了398名学生，分三个阶段进行。首先，使用关于COVID-19的结构化问卷对学生的KAP进行评估。其次，开展了一项关于COVID-19的教育计划。最后，在一个月后使用相同的问卷对KAP进行重新评估。
在干预前阶段，所研究学生的知识、态度和行为得分中位数分别为12、15和26，干预后分别显著提高到15、16和28。参与者的知识得分受学生年龄和教育程度的显著影响；态度得分受年龄、性别和教育程度的影响，而行为得分仅受参与者年龄的影响。
该教育计划显著提高了BHTI学生的KAP。
