An educational program about premarital screening for unmarried female students in King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah

Ibrahim, Nahla Khamis; Al-Bar, Hussein M.S.; Al-Fakeeh, Ali; Ahmadi, Jawaher Al; Qadi, Mahdi; Albar, Adnan A.; Milaat, Waleed A.

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2010.11.001

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“…This result agrees with Abd El-Ghany et al (2010), who mentioned that few numbers of non-medical and medical groups had a good level of knowledge score about premarital counseling. It is also in line with the study done by Ibrahim et al (2011), who reported that students' knowledge about PMS program was low in the pre-test (16,26) . As regards to the student's attitude toward premarital screening and counseling, the results of the present study showed significant improvement in most items of attitudinal scale among studied groups of students was detected during the post test.…”

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“…Premarital screening and counseling is one of the important strategies for prevention of genetic disorders, congenital anomalies, and common medical psychosocial marital problems (16) . The aim of the current study was to assess knowledge and attitude toward pre-marital screening and counseling among medical and non-medical female students at El Minia University and evaluating the effectiveness of educational program on improving the students' knowledge and attitude toward pre-marital screening and counseling.…”

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“…The promotion and protection of their health especially from reproductive health hazards is very essential. Multiple studies were conducted in Egypt and other countries addressing knowledge and attitude of youth towards PMC but fewer studies were designed to assess the impact of health education intervention among youth in Egypt (1,15,16) . Aim of the current study: The aims of this study were to Assess knowledge and attitude toward pre-marital screening and counseling among medical and nonmedical female students at El Minia University.…”

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Improving Knowledge and Attitude of Medical and Non-Medical Students at El Minia University Regarding Premarital Screening and Counseling

Mohamed¹

2015

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Abstract:Background: Premarital screening is a worldwide activity that aims to diagnose and treat unrecognized disorders and reduce the transmission of diseases to couples and children, it is considered as the primary preventive approach for couples who planned for conception. Premarital counseling is offered to young couples on their way to marriage in order to guide, educate and prepare them for the establishment of a healthy family. Promotion and protection of adolescent females from reproductive health hazards are very essential because they are the future couples. Aim of the study: The aim of this study were to assess knowledge and attitude toward pre-marital screening and counseling among medical and non-medical female students at El Minia University and evaluating the effectiveness of educational program on improving the students' knowledge and attitude toward pre-marital screening and counseling. Subjects and Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used. It was conducted at two medical and two non-medical faculties at El Minia University. A convenient sample of 500 students enrolled in the above mentioned settings was recruited. Results It can be observed that, there was a statistical significant improvement regarding total knowledge and attitude. The total knowledge score increased from 32.3% to 54.0% among medical students and from 21.0% to 41.0% among non-medical students and the difference is statistically significant. In addition, the positive attitude increased from 54.7% to 66.0% among medical students and from 49.0% to 57.5% among non-medical students. The difference was statistically significant. Conclusion: It can be concluded that Although there was an improvement in the level of knowledge for all students in both groups after health education but they still had insufficient knowledge about premarital screening and counseling. While more than one half from each group expressed favorable and positive attitude toward premarital screening and counseling. Recommendations: On the light of these findings, it is recommended to conduct health education services about premarital screening among high schools and university students at El Minia governorate to increase the population awareness and influence their attitudes toward Premarital screening and counseling services.

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“…In a study done in India shows that 53.27% participants stated, thalassemia is a result of consanguineous marriages, while in a study done in Denizli shows decreased results where more than half of the population knew that consanguineous marriages increases genetic disease but nearly half of the population knew that risk of having thalassemia could be increased by consanguinity, these results are much on lower side than previously done studies in saudia where 84%, 89.6% of participants agreed that consanguinity increases the risk for genetic diseases like thalassemia 19,31 .…”

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“…Another study shows that the main sources of information on genetic diseases were friends and family 19 . Another study reported that nearly one third of the participants' source of information on PMS was media 20 .…”

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Identification of Common Ways for Thalassemia Awareness in Medical and Non-medical Professionals

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Zafar

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To identify the common ways of thalassemia awareness in medical and non-medical professions. A simple random sampling technique was used for 130 (N) participants. A designed questionnaire with multiple sections (Demographics, Awareness about Diagnosis, Management and Prevention) for the study was used. The data was analyzed for frequency in terms of percentages by using SPSS version 23. Participants that were asked about have they ever heard about thalassemia, 95% (n=123) of selected participants said yes while 5% (n=7) of selected participants said they had never heard about thalassemia before, in which non-medical employees and non-medical students were included. When those participants were asked where did they heard about thalassemia, participants that were related to medical profession either they were medical students and doctors or were from para-medical students and employees mostly heard about thalassemia from literature as thalassemia is present in their curriculum while for participants from non-medical profession either employees or students had mostly heard from Television, Friends and Social Media. When participants were asked about the kind of disease, majority 85% (n=110) knew that it is hereditary but some participants 5% (n=6) said thalassemia is caused due to dietary deficiency and 3% (n=4) said they do not have any information about its kind while remaining 2-3% of participants said that thalassemia is contagious or occurs due to an allergic reaction.The commonest information media was television, for spreading awareness regarding health related problems such as Thalassemia. Participants related to medical profession either doctors or para-medical staffs are well aware as compare to the participants from nonmedical profession.

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Health inequity in genomic personalized medicine in underrepresented populations: a look at the current evidence

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Elhosseiny

Galal

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Funct Integr Genomics

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An educational program about premarital screening for unmarried female students in King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah

Abstract: The educational program was successful in improving students' knowledge about the PMS. Conduction of similar educational programs and adding PMS in the curriculum of secondary and university education are recommended.

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Improving Knowledge and Attitude of Medical and Non-Medical Students at El Minia University Regarding Premarital Screening and Counseling

Improving Knowledge and Attitude of Medical and Non-Medical Students at El Minia University Regarding Premarital Screening and Counseling

Identification of Common Ways for Thalassemia Awareness in Medical and Non-medical Professionals

Health inequity in genomic personalized medicine in underrepresented populations: a look at the current evidence

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