Awatif Ahmed Osman
Sudan
Review Article
Innovative Participatory Health Education (IPHE): It’s Effect on Mothers’ Knowledge, Behavior; and Under Five Year-Old Children Household Accidents Rate
Author(s): Waled Amen Mohammed Ahmed, Awatif Ahmed Osman, Sawsan Mustafa Abdalla, Elsadig Yousif Mohamed, Waqas Sami, Khaled Eltohami Medani and Khalifa ElmusharafWaled Amen Mohammed Ahmed, Awatif Ahmed Osman, Sawsan Mustafa Abdalla, Elsadig Yousif Mohamed, Waqas Sami, Khaled Eltohami Medani and Khalifa Elmusharaf
Introduction: Accidents are emerging as a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. The current study was aimed to determine the effect of Innovative Participatory Health Education (IPHE) on mother' knowledge and behavior, and secondly to determine its effect on household accidents rate. Methodology: The study design was a randomized control trial. Mothers who had less than five year-old children were selected randomly for this study. From each administrative unit 30 households were selected as clusters in the intervention and control groups. Sample size was calculated as 300 mothers all were enrolled in the study. Training of 15 participants by IPHE was done for the selected mothers in the intervention group. Then post-test was conducted to assess score of mothers’ knowledge and behavior about home accidents. Results: Mothers household accidents mean score knowled.. View More»
