-The attitudes toward people with epilepsy are influenced by the degree of knowledge of the condition. Teachers usually do not receive any formal instruction on epilepsy during their training. This study was done to access three hundred teachers knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy by answering a questionnaire in order to quantify their knowledge, attitude and practice toward epilepsy. Almost all the teachers had heard about epilepsy yet could not demonstrate discrimination among the students. Some teachers still thought that epilepsy was contagious. A few others either objected to having epileptic children in their classes or did not think that an epileptic child could achieve higher studies. The knowledge about the clinical characteristics and initial procedures to attend a person during a seizure was unsatisfactory. We conclude that schools should offer some kind of knowledge or assistance in health services and physicians must ensure that these teachers have sufficient knowledge of epilepsy. Also general public education campaigns should be encouraged in this field.KEY WORDS: epilepsy, attitude, prejudice, public awareness.Atitude e percepção sobre epilepsia entre professores de primeiro, segundo e terceiro graus RESUMO -As atitudes referentes a pacientes com epilepsia são influenciadas pelo grau de conhecimento acerca desta patologia. Os professores geralmente não recebem instruções formais a este respeito. Este estudo procurou avaliar o grau de conhecimento e atitude quanto à epilepsia em trezentos professores, os quais responderam um questionário que quantifica o conhecimento, atitude e prática. Quase todos os professores já tinham ouvido falar sobre epilepsia e não discriminavam seus alunos. Alguns ainda acreditavam em contágio e poucos professores referiram objeções à presença de alunos com epilepsia em suas classes ou achavam que uma criança com epilepsia não poderia se tornar um bom professor. O conhecimento quanto às características clínicas ou procedimentos iniciais diante de uma crise epiléptica foi insatisfatório. Os resultados evidenciam que escolas médicas e médicos devem proporcionar um melhor conhecimento sobre epilepsia aos professores e campanhas educativas públicas devem também objetivar melhor esclarecimento sobre estas questões.
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