Knowledge of, perception of, and attitudes toward epilepsy of schoolchildren in Ankara and the effect of an educational program

Bozkaya, İkbal Ok; Arhan, Ebru; Serdaroğlu, Ayşe; Soysal, A. Şebnem; Özkan, Seçil; Gücüyener, Kıvılcım

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.10.011

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“…Moreover, other factors directly or indirectly may influence the emotional development in chronically ill and is linked to knowledge related to their condition. Knowledge regarding epilepsy may be important in reducing the impact of seizure, potentially harmful self-management practices, and the emotional impact of both seizures and treatment 14,15 . Hirfanoglu et al 15 study suggests that the individuals with epilepsy who know less about their disease have a worse self-concept than those who know more, and it is associated with perceived lack of social support.…”

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Self-esteem, social support perception and seizure controllability perception in adolescents with epilepsy

Siqueira

Guerreiro

Souza

2011

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Objective: Compare the self-esteem of adolescents with epilepsy and adolescents without epilepsy and relate it to social support and seizure controllability perception. Method: The study sample consisted: case participants (34 subjects) attending the pediatric epilepsy clinic of University Hospital and control participants (30 subjects) from public schools in Campinas-SP. The instruments utilized were: identification card with demographic and epilepsy data, a semi-structured interview on aspects of the disease, and a SelfEsteem Multidimensional Scale. Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups but majority of adolescents with epilepsy presented higher self esteem rate, have knowledge about epilepsy, presented high levels of social support and seizure controllability perception. There was no significant relationship between social support and seizure controllability perception with self-esteem. Conclusion: Knowledge about epilepsy, social support such good controllability seizure perception seem are important contingencies for a better evaluation of self esteem in adolescents with epilepsy.

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Self-esteem, social support perception and seizure controllability perception in adolescents with epilepsy

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Souza

2011

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“…Martiniuk et al evaluated the potential of an epilepsy educational program to improve epilepsy-related knowledge and attitudes in a population of healthy children using a stratified, cluster randomized trial [34] . Bozkala et al then reported that an educational program focused on high-school students in Turkey was associated with significant increase in knowledge of epilepsy and more positive attitudes towards people with epilepsy [35] . Our recent study shows that teachers of CWE may have serious problems to assess correctly their abilities [10] .…”

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Specifics of Children With Epilepsy in School Environment

Brabcová

Kohout

2015

International Journal of Neurology Research

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Our editorial focuses on specifics of children with epilepsy in school environment. Epilepsy and its common co-morbidities (learning disabilities, intellectual disability etc.) are introduced as a highlyrisk factor for school-life and academic achievement of the affected children. Attention is devoted to policy relevance of this topic and to important documents addressing it in this context. The state-ofart of three important aspects of the topic (the academic achievement and academic self-concept of children with epilepsy, the knowledge of, familiarity with and attitudes towards epilepsy among teachers and the role of classmates and parents of children with epilepsy) is thoroughly discussed in this editorial. Finally, a complex approach to this topic based on conceptual and structural modelling is promoted and any recommendations for a further research in this field are briefly outlined.

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“…They also reported that the combination of education and contact was more effective than contact alone. Some consider contact with stigmatised people to be an essential intervention for changing negative attitudes (Penn, 1994;Holmes, 1999;Uys, 2009;Bozkaya, 2010). In the pursuit of effective contact initiatives, efforts to develop an acceptance of equal status in relationships between target groups and stigmatised people appear to be important.…”

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“…Studies have shown that education leads to improvements in knowledge about diseases and to the correction of false beliefs and myths associated with them (Watson, 2004;Lapshin, 2006;Martiniuk, 2007;Bozkaya, 2010 ). Thornicroft et al ( 2008) defined stigma as a term that is characterised by three elements: problems of knowledge (ignorance), problems of attitude (prejudice), and problems of behaviour (discrimination).…”

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Interventions for Stigma Reduction – Part 2: Practical Applications

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ESSEntIAl ConSIdERAtIonS: KnowlEdgE And BElIEfSThe effects of beliefs as determinants of stigma were suggested in the works of researchers such as Valencia and Hyland, who studied different cultural groups independently and emphasised that understanding cultural belief systems was crucial to gaining insight into stigma (Valencia, 1989;Hyland, 2000). Weiss recognised the importance of this factor in relation to leprosy too. He contended that if the stigma of leprosy is to be reduced, it is essential to understand its social history and current cultural meaning (Weiss, 2008). To support this point, he cited a seminal paper in which Gussow and Tracy (1970) From a health promotion perspective, Secker et al (1999) suggested that initiatives were unlikely to be successful unless people's own understandings, beliefs and concerns were taken into account. They found that young people's attitudes to mental illness could be adjusted when an intervention took into consideration their own perspectives, and when stress was laid on creating a cultural environment which would support the development of more positive attitudes. Smith (2002) made a similar statement. He said that imparting accurate information is not likely to be successful unless people's own beliefs, understanding and concerns are taken into account. ESSEntIAl ConSIdERAtIonS: REquIREmEntS foR PRECISIon foCuSIngIn addition to the requirement for multi-dimensional considerations, stigma interventions will also require fine tuning for greater specificity. Weiss declared his opinion that there are features of stigma that are condition specific (Weiss, 2008;. There may be, for example, attributes of moral condemnation and blame that are attributes of the stigma of leprosy, but those factors are not associated with all the other health conditions that also give rise to stigma. He suggested that such specific ideas about stigma appear to be related to the experience, meaning, and behaviour associated with a disease, among both affected persons and unaffected persons in a community.Angermeyer (2002) also drew attention to the need for specificity. With regard to mental illness (already quite specific), he suggested that there were www.dcidj.org 73 considerable differences with regard to stereotypes and the potential effects of stereotyping, and that there were also differences in emotional reactions and degrees of discrimination that were condition specific. There was an imperative need suggested in his paper: the variation of the stigma components between disorders should be considered so that interventions can be 'tailored more closely to the actual needs '. Bos et al (2008) in their article on AIDS-related stigma in developing countries, stated that similar (cognitive) factors determine AIDSrelated stigma. However, their manifestations and relative importance may vary for each context. AIDS stigma is often associated with norm violating behaviour. In western countries, for example, this norm violating behaviour is associated with homosexuality and injecti...

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Knowledge of, perception of, and attitudes toward epilepsy of schoolchildren in Ankara and the effect of an educational program

Cited by 45 publications

References 22 publications

Self-esteem, social support perception and seizure controllability perception in adolescents with epilepsy

Self-esteem, social support perception and seizure controllability perception in adolescents with epilepsy

Specifics of Children With Epilepsy in School Environment

Interventions for Stigma Reduction – Part 2: Practical Applications

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