Helicobacter pylori are common bacteria that cause pain and may lead to ulcers or
stomach cancer. The awareness package is a process that educates family members
to promote their knowledge and practice towards the prevention of infection.
Aim: Evaluate the effect of a health awareness package to avert helicobacter pylori
infection among family members. Design: A quasi-experimental design was
utilized. Setting: The study was carried out in the internal medicine outpatient
clinic at Helwan General Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample includes seventy
five family members. Tools: An interview questionnaire was used, it included three
parts: Part I. Family member's socio-demographic characteristics. Part II.
Knowledge about Helicobacter pylori infection. Part III. Reported practices.
Results: Slightly three-quarters of the family members' had poor knowledge pre
package, while more than three- quarters of them had good knowledge after the
health awareness package. Also, there was a radical satisfactory improvement
among the majority of family members' total score of reported practices after the
health awareness package in the post-test rather than of the pre-test. (P-value =
0.000). There was a statistically significant strong direct correlation between total
scores of pre and post-knowledge and reported practices of health awareness
package (p > 0.001). There were highly statistically significant relationships
between family members' total scores of knowledge and reported practices and
socio-demographic characteristics. Conclusion: Utilization of health awareness
packages achieving significant improvements in the family members' knowledge
and practice. Also, there was a positive correlation between total scores of
knowledge and reported family members' practices and their socio-demographic
characteristics. Recommendations: Healthy hygienic guidelines are needed to
avert the incidence of H. Pylori infection and strengthen the knowledge and
practices among high-risk populations and low socioeconomic families