A study on knowledge and awareness about tuberculosis in senior school children in Bangalore, India

Vanaja, K.; Banu, Reshma; Reddy, L. Kalyan Viswanath; Kumar, Parveen; Srinivas, Chaitra; Rajani, T.; Navyashree,; Shekar, H.S.

doi:10.1016/j.ijtb.2015.07.001

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“…Thus, creating awareness at student and community level could play a vital role in control and prevention of TB. 11 Moreover knowledge about TB will also help them to take proper precaution during patients care. 12 Inadequate TB knowledge was observed among Chinese medical students, which indicates a requirement to transform our current infectious disease curriculum to increase TB knowledge and preventive practices among medical students.…”

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“…An increase in mean knowledge score from pre-test to post-test, indicate that empowerment of students could guide the community on various aspects of TB. 11 Studies have documented a positive association between TB knowledge, care seeking and treatment adherence. 18,19 To address such issues, the level of knowledge should be known to design an appropriate interventional programs in a specific regions.…”

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A study on knowledge, awareness and preventive practice about tuberculosis among medical students in Udaipur, India

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Baghel

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Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly lethal infectious disease causing huge health burden worldwide, commonly involving the respiratory system. Medical students should also be empowered to impart awareness and reduce stigma related to TB. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether educational intervention would affect the level of TB awareness, knowledge, attitude and preventive practice of TB among medical students.Methods: The present study was carried out among the second year medical college students of Pacific Institute of Medical Sciences, Udaipur, India (n=142). A multiple-choice questionnaire of 45 questions was designed in English language, for pre- and post-tests. A 30-minute visual health education was given on TB and the assessment of knowledge, attitude and preventive practice of TB was done by a pre-test and post-test questionnaire.Results: Out of the total 150 student, 142 participated in the study making the response rate 94.66%. The total mean percentage of correct answers for TB knowledge was 48.59 (±20.44) which improved to 69.33 (±17.74) post-training. The total mean percentage of right attitude was 63.036 (±16.46) which improved to 77.06 (±15.58) post-training. The total mean percentage of correct answer for preventive practice were provided by 67.036 (±12.90) which changed to 79.50 (±12.01) post-training. There was significant difference in the knowledge, attitude and preventive practice of students in pre- and post-training tests (p=0.001).Conclusions: Our findings revealed that medical students had poor knowledge. A simple TB education session had a positive influence on knowledge, attitude and preventive practices about TB among them.

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A study on knowledge, awareness and preventive practice about tuberculosis among medical students in Udaipur, India

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“…To ensure quality control during the workshop, the following measures were observed: (1) The facilitators also underwent trainers' workshop sessions where basic skills on effective workshop facilitation were taught with hands on practice sessions, (2) the facilitators underwent training and practice sessions using the educational materials meant for the workshop by the lead facilitator and facilitated a pilot workshop 2 weeks before the students' workshop, and (3) the same facilitators were stationed at each session throughout the workshop to ensure consistency.…”

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“…Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis can affect any part of the human body, especially the lungs. [1] TB is the leading single infectious cause of death worldwide with annual global estimate for 2019 of 10 million people developed TB with 1.4 million deaths. [2] Advocacy and promotional activities were one of the key actions defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), following the United Nations (UN) high-level meeting on TB in 2018 to increase TB awareness and scale up adolescent's mobilization to end TB.…”

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“…TB outbreaks have been reported among students in UK, Italy, Ireland, USA [10][11][12][13][14] India, China, and Ethiopia. [1,15,16] Therefore, high school students are an important group to be effectively mobilized and empowered with knowledge about TB to involve them as a driver of change. [9] These are an important group in the community highly mobile and explorative with enthusiasm and keen interest to learn new things.…”

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Impact of educational intervention on knowledge and awareness of TB among secondary school students in The Gambia

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Genekah

Njie

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Objectives: Health education and awareness campaigns about tuberculosis (TB) can empower adolescents on different aspects of the disease and its management, resulting in early and appropriate care seeking behavior through their advocacy in the community. We assessed the impact of educational intervention on knowledge and awareness about TB among adolescents in the greater Banjul area of The Gambia where approximately 70% of national TB cases are notified. Materials and Methods: A school-based, interventional analytical study, and interactive educational workshop was conducted among grade 12 students of the Methodist Academy Secondary School in Bakau, Banjul The Gambia. The workshop activities included illustrative demonstrations using posters, flipcharts, infographics, and games to convey TB messages in six domains: (1) Basic knowledge; (2) symptoms; (3) risk factors (4) modes of transmission; (5) treatment; and (6) care and support. Structured questionnaires were used to assess changes in the student’s knowledge and awareness about TB in the six domains before and after the workshop. Data were analyzed using proportional percentages, mean (95% CI) and differences standard error (SE) and student paired t-test. Results: Ninety-six students participated in the workshop out of which 92 (96%) students completed both pre- and post-test questionnaires. Sixty-eight percent of the students were females and 58% were from the science stream of the grade 12 students who participated in our workshop. The mean difference and SE between the pre- and post-workshop test scores in the six domains were: basic knowledge: +1.4 (0.2; P < 0.0001); symptoms: +1.5 (0.2; P < 0.0001); risk factors: +3.1 (0.3; P < 0.0001); modes of transmission: +1.2 (0.2; P < 0.0001); treatment: +0.8 (0.1; P < 0.0001); and care and support of TB: +0.5 (0.1; P = 0.0001). Conclusion: This school-based educational interactive workshop significantly improved the knowledge and awareness of the students especially in understanding the causative agent and risk factors of TB disease. We recommend exposure of students to TB educational activities as part of the school curriculum. The knowledge acquired in this workshop is likely to have impact on the wider community and should be assessed in future follow-up studies to determine if it impacts positively on views held within the wider community.

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A study on knowledge and awareness about tuberculosis in senior school children in Bangalore, India

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A study on knowledge, awareness and preventive practice about tuberculosis among medical students in Udaipur, India

A study on knowledge, awareness and preventive practice about tuberculosis among medical students in Udaipur, India

Impact of educational intervention on knowledge and awareness of TB among secondary school students in The Gambia

Social determinants and tuberculosis incidents on empowerment case finding in Majene district

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