Outcome of a school-based health education program for epilepsy awareness among schoolchildren

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• 作者：Meena Kolar Sridara Murthy^a ; ^{meenaksiyer@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Lakshmana Govindappa^b ; ¹ ; ^{lakshmanagsagar@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Sanjib Sinha^c ; ^{sanjib_sinha2004@yahoo.co.in" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Epilepsy ; Health education ; Attitude ; Behavior ; Practice
• 刊名：Epilepsy & Behavior
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：57
• 期：part_PA
• 页码：77-81
• 全文大小：222 K

文摘

A diagnosis of epilepsy has a major effect on children; especially among schoolchildren. Studies have shown that a significant proportion of teachers and students have negative attitude and misunderstanding towards epilepsy making it difficult for a child with epilepsy. At the same time, there is a dearth is dearth of literature regarding interventions to bring about a change in the attitudes of children.

Methodology

The aim of the present study was to study the outcome of a school-based health education program for epilepsy awareness among schoolchildren. The objectives were to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practices about epilepsy and relationship among these variables. A total of 70 children, from 8th–10th grades were selected randomly for the study. For the study purpose, knowledge, attitude, and practices of epilepsy instrument were developed and face validated by experts.

Results

Results show that the mean, median, and mode age of the respondents in the study were 14.55 (± 1.33), 15, and 14 years, respectively. The gender distribution of the respondents was 54.9% boys and 45.1% girls. With regard to knowledge, attitude, and practices in epilepsy, knowledge strongly and positively correlated with attitude (p = 0.001, r = .423) and practice domains (p = 0.001, r = .486). Postattitude and (p = 0.001, r = .338) practice were positively correlated, which shows that positive attitude brings positive practice. Hence, it is concluded that a training program brings desirable change in the knowledge, attitude, and practice domains among children.

Conclusion

Health education programs for schoolchildren are very important to bring changes in their attitude, behavior, and practices.