Effect of community-based intervention on knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy toward home injuries among Egyptian rural mothers having preschool children

Abstract

BackgroundParent’s level of knowledge, state of their attitude, and their self-efficacy are the most incriminated reasons for the faulty application of the first aid measures, particularly in children's home injuries.ObjectivesTo assess the effect of a health education intervention on improving knowledge, attitude and self- efficacy of mothers having preschool children about home injuries and the basic first aid measures.MethodsA pre-posttest evaluation of the effect of a health education intervention on changing knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy about home injuries and the basic first aid measures of 244 rural Egyptian mothers having preschool children.ResultsAbout 35% of the male children had home injuries 8 weeks earlier to the study. Mean score of total knowledge increased from 10.21±3.1 in pretest to 18.90 ± 2.6 in posttest, total attitude from 6.19±1.8 to 10.26±2.3 and self-efficacy from 20.75±6.1 to 34.43 ± 10.1 with (p < 0.001) for all changes. Age, education level and previous home injuries were the significant predicting factors for total knowledge, attitude and self- efficacy of the mothers.ConclusionHealth education improves knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy of the mothers which were obvious regarding home injuries than first aid measures. There is a need for including knowledge about home injuries in the educational curriculum of high schools and universities and to perform training courses to mothers about first aid measures.

Nutrition Counseling Need in Burn Patients

“…A similar study that also involves a one-day education event in Egypt to educate mothers on possible home injuries in preschool children was able to show an increase to 18.90 from 10.21 in the total score. 19 In conclusion, knowledge regarding basic knowledge of burn, first aid in burns, and nutrition in burns has improved significantly after a one-day health promotion, showing the effectiveness of this type of approach. It is then suggested that this type of program should be performed and researched more often by involving a larger population sample, especially in areas prone to fire in Indonesia, in order to provide better care and improve the recovery rate of burn patients.…”

Prevalence of home related injuries among children under 5 years old and practice of mothers toward first aid in Buraidah, Qassim

“…In our study, majority (74.8%) of the mothers were housewives which is comparable to other similar studies in which majority of mothers were housewives. [ 6 10 11 13 ]…”

“…After taking consent, participant mothers were asked to complete a semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire that was adapted from a validated and reliable instrument. [ 6 ] The knowledge questions were reviewed and modified according to Guidelines from the American Heart Association and American Red Cross and American paediatric association. [ 7 8 ] The data were collected during February to June 2020.…”

Knowledge Improvement on Burn Injury Prevention and First Management after One-Day Health Promotion Event

“…10 Another similar study was conducted in Egypt to educate mothers about possible home injuries in preschool children and was able to show an increase to 18.90 from 10.21 in the total score. 19 Prevention in developing countries is absolutely different from that of developed countries, where burn prevention has been integrated to their education and community systems. 12 However, it should be the goal of the developing countries for conducting continuous education on burn prevention as good knowledge will lead to good practice that will significantly reduce burnrelated disfigurement, disability, and death.…”