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Effect of Educational Intervention on Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Human Monkey Pox among Primary School Teachers in Rural Areas at Minia District

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Background: Recent reports of multiple Human Monkey Pox (HMPX) cases from several non-endemic nations in Europe, North America, and Oceania raise the possibility of an unexpected and concerning public health problem. Aim of the research: To examine the effect of educational intervention on knowledge and attitudes regarding Human Monkey Pox among primary school teachers in rural areas at Minia district. Research design: A quasiexperimental approach was utilized. Setting: The research was conducted at 5 governmental primary schools in rural areas at Minia district-Minia Governorate in Upper Egypt. Sample: A systematic random sampling of 180 primary school teachers. Tools of data collection: A self-administered questionnaire included the following parts: Part I: socio-demographic characteristic. Part II: participants' knowledge. Part III: participants' attitude. Result: About 18.3% of the studied teachers have good knowledge about human monkey pox pre teaching program compared with 71.1% of them have a very good knowledge post-teaching program. There are statistical significant differences in the subjects' level of knowledge and attitude regarding Human Monkey Pox after implementation of the educational intervention while the p value is 0.0001, 0.0001 respectively. Conclusion: Implementation of educational intervention was effective in raising the studied subjects' awareness regarding Human Monkey Pox. Recommendation: Continuous implementation of educational interventions regarding Human Monkey Pox among school population to enhance public awareness, raise the precautionary behaviors as well as mitigate the potential crisis.

DOI

10.21608/asnj.2023.243425.1699

Keywords

Attitudes, Educational intervention, Knowledge, primary school, Rural Areas & Teachers

Authors

First Name

Shimaa

Last Name

Younis

MiddleName

Abd El razek

Affiliation

Lecturer at Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt

Email

shimaa.yonis@yahoo.com

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Minia

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First Name

Adel

Last Name

Abdelwahab

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Lecturer at Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt

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dradelaly2019@yahoo.com

City

Minia

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Volume

11

Article Issue

40

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37031

Issue Date

2023-11-01

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2023-10-19

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2023-11-01

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151

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161

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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1,040

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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https://asnj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of Educational Intervention on Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Human Monkey Pox among Primary School Teachers in Rural Areas at Minia District

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24 Dec 2024