Effect of health education on severe thalassemia prevention and control in communities in Cambodia
| Autor: | Pattara Sanchaisuriya, Arunee Jetsrisuparb, Goonnapa Fucharoen, Kanokwan Sanchaisuriya, Supan Fucharoen, Kimhaung Cheng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Thalassemia Screening test macromolecular substances Health informatics 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Prevention and control program Intervention (counseling) Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Health policy business.industry Public health lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Research Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health services research Blood Screening lcsh:RA1-1270 medicine.disease 030104 developmental biology Health education Family medicine business Cambodia |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Public Health Archives of Public Health, Vol 76, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 0778-7367 |
| Popis: | Background Severe thalassemia diseases are a major health problem in Southeast Asia. In Cambodia, there has never been a significant program for prevention or control of severe thalassemia. We, therefore, studied the effect of a health education program on severe thalassemia prevention and control in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Methods A quasi-experimental study in several communities around Phnom Penh was done. The respective intervention and control group comprised 124 and 117 people, between 18 and 40 years of age, male and female. Pre- and post-tests using a validated and reliable questionnaire were performed in the intervention group and one test was done in the control group. A health education program was organized to give important information to the intervention group and, at the end of the process, to the control group. The outcomes were evaluations of their knowledge and attitude vis-à-vis severe thalassemia prevention and control, and participating in thalassemia screening. Results Among participants in the intervention group, 105 (84.7%) considered undergoing blood screening vs. 65 (55.6%) in the control group (p-value |
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