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Enhancement of Hand Hygiene and Face Mask Use during COVID-19 Pandemic amongK-12 Schools’ Teachers

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Abstract

Background: Teachers can play role models in following COVID-19 preventive measures and can act as supervisors ensuring students application of these measures. The practice ofhand hygiene and mask use should be correct to achieve the desired effect. Objective: to assess the effect of health education intervention on Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices (KAP) of K-12 schools' teachers as regards hand hygiene and mask use. Methods: An intervention study was conducted on 98 teachers from K-12 schools in Zagazig city, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt from March 2021 to July 2021 who were exposed to health education intervention incorporating practical training and eliminating barriers to hand hygiene and mask use. The effect of intervention was assessed through KAP questionnaire and observation checklist. Result: after intervention, the percent of participants who achieved satisfactory knowledge, positive attitude, satisfactory self-reported and observed practices related to hand hygiene had increased from 33.7%, 34.7%, 29.6% and32.6%to 67.4%, 84.7%, 72.4 and 76.5%respectively and that related to face mask use had increased from 29.6%, 46.9%, 37.7% and 28.6%to 78.6%, 85.7%,72.5% and 69.4%respectively, most barriers to hand hygiene and face mask use had significantly decreased. Despite of positive correlation between post intervention knowledge, attitudes and practices related to hand hygiene and mask use, there were insignificant associations between them and all participants characteristics except association of satisfactory observed practices with gender, marital state and social class. Conclusion: health education intervention was effective in improving knowledge, attitudes and practices related to hand hygiene and mask use among K-12 schools' teachers

DOI

10.21608/ejcm.2022.128768.1211

Keywords

Hand, face COVID-19, Teachers-

Authors

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Bayomi

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Affiliation

Public health department, faculty of medicine,Zagazig university

Email

tartourm@yahoo.com

City

Zagazig

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First Name

Randa

Last Name

Said

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Family Medicine department, Faculty of Medicine , Zagazig Unversity

Email

re_re99999@yahoo.com

City

Zagzige

Orcid

0000-0002-3044-7327

First Name

Ghada

Last Name

Salem

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m

Affiliation

Public Health department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University

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gadamaged2@gmail.com

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0000-0002-1830-7049

Volume

40

Article Issue

4

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37243

Issue Date

2022-10-01

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2022-03-22

Publish Date

2022-10-01

Page Start

281

Page End

291

Print ISSN

1110-1865

Online ISSN

2090-2611

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https://ejcm.journals.ekb.eg/article_237520.html

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234

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The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine

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https://ejcm.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023