Association between knowledge and attitudes of educators towards epilepsy and the risk of accidents in Greek schools

Toli, Theodora; Sourtzi, Panayota; Τσουμάκας, Κωνσταντίνος; Kalokerinou-Anagnostopoulou, Athena

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.01.010

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“…Kampra et al 25 reported that with respect to hindering school attendance Greek teachers felt that heart disease was most the important followed by epilepsy, diabetes and asthma. Toli et al 38 reported that Greek teachers perceived epilepsy as the most difficult condition to manage in school compared to cancer, diabetes and asthma. Bishop and Boag (2006) 13 considered teacher familiarity with seven conditions.…”

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Knowledge of and attitudes towards epilepsy among teachers: A systematic review

Jones

Atkinson

Cross

et al. 2018

Epilepsy & Behavior

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The objective of this study was to systematically review research that has focused on knowledge of and attitudes towards epilepsy among teachers. Embase, PubMed, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, and Cochrane library databases from 2000 to 2017 were searched. Cross-sectional and interventional studies were included and analyzed for quality. Thematic analysis was used to identify common themes in the results. Fifty-four eligible studies (17,256 total participants in 27 different countries) were identified in the search period including seven studies that focused on assessing attitudes and knowledge before and after an educational intervention. It was not possible to systematically analyze levels of knowledge and nature of attitudes because of the wide variety of mostly bespoke study specific instruments used. Few studies employed valid and reliable instruments. Thematic analysis revealed three main themes in the results: 1.) deficits in knowledge and negative attitudes were pervasive across all studies; 2.) teachers often had a negative attitude towards participation of children with epilepsy in physical activities/sport; and 3.) teachers often expressed limited knowledge of seizure management/emergency procedures. There was a lower level of knowledge and more negative attitudes among teachers towards epilepsy compared with other conditions. All studies focusing on interventions showed that at least some aspects of knowledge and attitudes improved as a result of teacher participation in an educational intervention, but study quality was universally rated as low. A higher level of education and experience of teaching a child with epilepsy was significantly associated with greater knowledge in a number of studies. Additionally, having experience of teaching a child with epilepsy and greater assessed knowledge of epilepsy were associated with more positive attitudes. The wide range of methods used makes it difficult to generalize regarding level of attitudes and knowledge among teachers towards epilepsy. Nevertheless, all studies indicate that there are some deficits in knowledge of and negative attitudes towards epilepsy among teachers. It would appear that knowledge and attitudes can be improved by educational interventions. Future research should focus on developing psychometrically sound assessment instruments that can be used globally and on identifying the most effective ways of delivering efficacious educational initiatives employing robust study designs.

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Knowledge of and attitudes towards epilepsy among teachers: A systematic review

Jones

Atkinson

Cross

et al. 2018

Epilepsy & Behavior

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“…School teachers with correct knowledge of and appropriate attitudes toward epilepsy could put the social reflections of epilepsy in a correct perspective, thus contributing to the reduction of stigma. Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy have been investigated in several countries and have been found to be mostly inadequate [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Time spent in teaching and experience with students with epilepsy predict better knowledge of the disease [7,10,16].…”

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An educational campaign toward epilepsy among Italian primary school teachers

Mecarelli

Messina

Capovilla

et al. 2014

Epilepsy & Behavior

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“…Indeed it appears to have been a typical duty of each resident to have some information about the expertise of delivering First Aid, so various occurrences can be forestalled. Emergency treatment is the valuable wellspring of the essential consideration gave to a harmed individual or the person who abruptly becomes sick (Toli et al, 2013). Treatment of First Aid as a term is on-spot care given to an individual, who is genuinely harmed or mentally bothered with morals of any difficulty (Fritz et al, 2012).…”

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First Aid Training and its Impact on the Management Skills of Injuries in Sports at Secondary Schools

Darya

Khaskheli

Daudpoto

2021

RJSSER

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The First Aid Training among society has a huge effect in limiting the proportion of injuries. The pupil's dynamic in sports is practically on the danger of having wounds due to a pool of fundamental information to oversee sports wounds. This exploration study was led to determine the capability of the program on first aid training of the Pupils of schools. Seventy volunteer students were chosen arbitrarily for First Aid Training from government model secondary school Bhakkar, Punjab-Pakistan. At first, the medical aid information and abilities of the students have evaluated arbitrarily 70 game dynamic students. After that fourteen-day, First Aid Training was directed, through proficient Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) for those school students. After the fruition of First Aid Training, an overview was directed to know the adequacy of Training through a survey. The gathered information was dissected on (SPSS) rendition 20 the frequencies, rates, and t-test was performed. This examination demonstrated that First Aid Training improves the abilities and information on the students about First Aid.

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Association between knowledge and attitudes of educators towards epilepsy and the risk of accidents in Greek schools

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

Knowledge of and attitudes towards epilepsy among teachers: A systematic review

Knowledge of and attitudes towards epilepsy among teachers: A systematic review

An educational campaign toward epilepsy among Italian primary school teachers

First Aid Training and its Impact on the Management Skills of Injuries in Sports at Secondary Schools

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