Abd Rawaa Kamel, Rouis Sana, Yassen Khalied, Boutrif Mahdi
University of Sousse, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Department of Community Medicine; Department of Community Health Techniques, Kut Technical Institute, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq.
Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Medicine, Ibn Al Jazzar University Hospital, Kairouan, Tunisia.
J Public Health Afr. 2023 Oct 1;14(9):2666. doi: 10.4081/jphia.2023.2666.
This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of a health education program on mothers' knowledge and practices related to amebiasis. Pre- and post-I and II-tests were used, along with a two-group quasi-experimental design. The study included a convenience sample of 120 mothers, including 60 from the study and 60 from the control group. Out of the entire number of PHCs in Wasit Governorate, seven were used for the study. A three-part structured questionnaire tests mothers' knowledge of the illness and attitudes about it. The results of this study indicated that there is statistically significant difference between the study and control groups during the post-test I and post-test II periods (t=14.968, P=.000 and t=13.731, P=.000, respectively). Data from the study group during the pre-test period of 31.17(9.14) revealed that (70%) of mothers had bad practices connected to Entameba Histolytica among children. According to the post-test I results, 47.4 (9.48) respondents, or 70%, identified good practices. The main finding showed that, after the educational program was implemented, mothers' knowledge and practice of amebiasis dramatically increased, with pre-post implementation differences that are statistically significant.
本研究旨在评估一项健康教育计划对母亲们关于阿米巴病的知识及行为的有效性。研究采用了前后测I和II，以及两组准实验设计。该研究纳入了120名母亲的便利样本，其中60名来自实验组，60名来自对照组。在瓦西特省的所有初级卫生保健中心中，有7个被用于该研究。一份由三部分组成的结构化问卷测试了母亲们对该病的知识及态度。本研究结果表明，在测试I后和测试II后阶段，实验组和对照组之间存在统计学上的显著差异（t分别为14.968，P = 0.000和t为13.731，P = 0.000）。实验组在测试前期的数据为31.17(9.14)，这表明70%的母亲在儿童感染溶组织内阿米巴方面存在不良行为。根据测试I后的结果，47.4(9.48)名受访者（即70%）认可了良好行为。主要研究结果显示，在实施教育计划后，母亲们关于阿米巴病的知识和行为显著增加，实施前后的差异具有统计学意义。
