Awareness of Medical Survey among School Teachers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The study aims to evaluate the awareness level regarding the importance of medical survey among a sample of school teachers in public and the private sectors. The study has investigated the presence of Otolaryngologic diseases including Dysphonia among teachers. A cross-sectional sample was selected from different parts of Jeddah city to enroll the elementary, intermediate, and the high school teachers. There were more than 800 schools; however, the study has selected 26 schools only. The study was conducted during the academic year of 2014. The awareness about medical survey among public awareness is of paramount importance in the detection, management, and planning of health related problems. The study has depicted less than acceptable participation from the school teachers regarding the awareness and management of health problems, and more efforts have to be made to educate the public sectors about the importance of the medical survey.

Knowledge and Awareness about Craniofacial Surgery among Dental Students - A Survey

“…In (figure 6) when asked the participants if they knew about craniofacial anomalies 51.11% of the participants knew about craniofacial anomalies ( represented in red ) and the rest of the participants that is 48.89% said that they are not aware of craniofacial anomalies ( represented in blue ). The present research work was elicited from works done by investigators, where previous studies were done based on clinical reports, interventional studies like 20,21 ,in vitro studies like 15,[17][18][19][22][23][24][25] , and systematic reviews, 14,26,27,28 .According to previous Similar study all predoctoral dental undergraduate students showed learning diagnosis, treatment,awareness on craniofacial surgery and similar to our study. In (fi gure.10) When asked the participants if they are aware of craniofacial surgeons are being treated the same as MBBS doctors 50.37%( represented in red ) said no that they are not being treated in the same way and the rest of the participants that is 49.63% (represented in blue )said that they are being treated in the same way.…”