Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.327521
Zeinab Shaban Emam Mohamed, Aml Abd El - Haziem Mohamed, Eman Mohamed Al Sherbeny
Background: Adolescence is aunique stage of human development and and an important tme for laying the foundations of good health. Adolescents experience rapid physical, cognitive and psychological growth. Aim of the study: Assess physical activity, behavioural and emotional changes among adolescents in nursing secondary schools at Beni-Sufe City . Research design: Across sectional descriptive research design will be used to achieve the aim of current study. Sample: all available adolescents in nursing secondary schools in the Village of Barout and Tzimant at Beni Suef. Setting: The nursing secondary schools in the village of Barout and Tzimant at Beni-Suef City. Tool: One tool used to achieve the aim of this study: Interviewing Questionnaire Sheet which consisted of four parts to assess personnel characteristics, family history and body mass index, knowledge about importance of physical activity, practice of physical activity and emotional and behavioral changes among adolescents. Result: The study showed that, 38.30% of the studied students had a good level of knowledge score, 66.5% of the studied students are physically inactive and 66.90 % of the studied students had a positive emotional and behavioral attributes. Conclusion: There was a highly positive association between studied students’ total knowledge, physical activities and their emotional and behavioral attributes, that means increase student awareness regarding importance of physical activity will positively affect their practice toward physical activities and improve their emotional and behavioral changes. Recommendation: Further research about regular training program for adolescents to improve their knowledge regarding physical, behavioral and emotional changes. Increase awareness of students about importance of physical activity.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.329037
Elsadig Eltaher Hamed Abdulrahman
Background: To avoid the spread of communicable diseases, infection control and preventive measures are essential in all health care settings. Every health care professional, especially nurses, plays an important role in reducing the risk of health care-associated infections. Our goal is to examine the knowledge and attitudes regarding infection control and prevention measures. Methods: Cross sectional study was used to achieve the aim of the study. Convenience sample was used to involve 45 nurses at King Khalid Hospital and New Najran General Hospital in Najran city, using a self-administered questionnaire to examine the knowledge and attitude of nurses regarding infection control and prevention measures. Results: According to the study, 76.7% of the individuals had good knowledge, while 23.3% had poor knowledge. The majority of participants (78.8%) had a positive attitude toward infection control and prevention measures, whereas 21.2% had a negative attitude. There were statistically significant variations based on total years of experience, gender, education level, and the occurrence of needle stick during years of employment. However, due to the years of experience in the surgical wards, there were statistically significant variances. Conclusion: The findings of this study highlight a generally positive trend in knowledge and attitudes toward infection control and prevention measures among healthcare professionals. A substantial majority, comprising 3 quarter, demonstrated good knowledge, emphasizing a foundational understanding of essential practices. Additionally, a notable 78.8% expressed a positive attitude, indicating a prevailing commitment to infection control. The identified statistically significant variations based on total years of experience, gender, education level, and needle stick occurrences offer valuable insights. Recommendation: Develop targeted educational initiatives focusing on individuals with poor knowledge and negative attitudes, customizing content based on specific demographic factors such as gender, education level, and years of
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.328046
Amal A. Fathalla, Faten M. Nouh, Hanan G. El- Bready, Hanady Sh. Shehata, Azza A. Ghoneim
Background : Most acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) in children are due to viral etiology; however, overprescribing of antibiotics for ARTIs is common. Aim: To develop a Stewardship-guided framework for improving antibiotics use among children with ARTIs. Design: A quasi-experimental design (pre-posttest) was utilized for this study. Setting : The Pediatric ward and the pediatric outpatient clinic in Menoufia University Hospital. Sampling: A convenient sample of 43 nurses and a purposive sample of 200 children and their parents were included. Instruments: Five instruments were utilized to get the data. I: Nurses structured interview questionnaire sheet. II: Observational checklist for nurses’ antibiotic Stewardship activities. III: Children structured interview questionnaire sheet (children 9-11 years). IV: Children structured interview questionnaire sheet (children 12-15 years). V: Parents structured interview questionnaire sheet. Results: There was a significant improvement in nurses’ knowledge and antibiotic Stewardship activities. There was a significant improvement in children’ knowledge, beliefs and attitudes regarding antibiotic use. There was a significant decrease in parents’ false knowledge/ information, negative attitude and practices regarding antibiotic use after implementation of the Stewardship-guided framework compared to preintervention. Conclusion : The Stewardship-guided framework was more successful on the posttest than on the pretest in improving nurses’ knowledge and antibiotic stewardship activities as well as children’ knowledge, beliefs and attitudes regarding antibiotic use, and parents’ knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding antibiotic use. Recommendation: Nurses in collaboration with the health care team should integrate the Stewardship-guided framework in all pediatric units and outpatient clinics for improving antibiotic use among pediatric patients.
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