Helicobacter pylori are common bacteria that cause pain and may lead to ulcers or stomach cancer. The awareness package is a process that educates family members to promote their knowledge and practice towards the prevention of infection. Aim: Evaluate the effect of a health awareness package to avert helicobacter pylori infection among family members. Design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized. Setting: The study was carried out in the internal medicine outpatient clinic at Helwan General Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample includes seventyfive family members. Tools: An interview questionnaire was used, it included three parts: Part I. Family member's socio-demographic characteristics. Part II. Knowledge about Helicobacter pylori infection. Part III. Reported practices. Results: Slightly three-quarters of the family members' had poor knowledge prepackage, while more than three-quarters of them had good knowledge after the health awareness package. Also, there was a radical satisfactory improvement among the majority of family members' total score of reported practices after the health awareness package in the post-test rather than of the pre-test. (P-value = 0.000). There was a statistically significant strong direct correlation between total scores of pre and post-knowledge and reported practices of health awareness package (p > 0.001). There were highly statistically significant relationships between family members' total scores of knowledge and reported practices and socio-demographic characteristics. Conclusion: Utilization of health awareness packages achieving significant improvements in the family members' knowledge and practice. Also, there was a positive correlation between total scores of knowledge and reported family members' practices and their socio-demographic characteristics. Recommendations: Healthy hygienic guidelines are needed to avert the incidence of H. Pylori infection and strengthen the knowledge and practices among high-risk populations and low socioeconomic families.

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Objectives Pressure ulcer (PU) is one of the most common problem among the bedridden elderly and has significantly more burden on elderly and caregivers. This study is aimed to evaluate the effects of the training program for caregivers to prevent PUs among elderly residents at geriatric homes. Methods A quasi-experimental design was used to carry out the current study. A purposive sample comprised of all formal (39 nurses) or informal caregivers (39) and all immobilized elderly residents (35) who are found in all geriatric centers in Helwan district. A structured questionnaire was used to assess caregivers’ socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and observational checklists for their practice for prevention of PU at pre- and posttest and during follow-up. Results After the training program, there were improvements in the level of knowledge, practice, and positive attitude of caregivers about PU prevention with a statistically significant difference between pre-, post-, and follow-up training programs (P < 0.001). Conclusions The study revealed that the training program seemed to change the knowledge, practice, and attitude of the subjects to PU prevention. This, in turn, implies that adequate knowledge affects directly the elderly caregivers’ attitudes as well as practice for prevention could be important in reducing the burden of PU among the elderly. Thus, conducting a training program for caregivers at different geriatric homes about caring skills for elders can prevent PU, and using spontaneous reposition is very effective to prevent PUs.