Curricular intervention increases adolescents’ knowledge about asthma: a randomized trial

Coelho, Ana Carla Carvalho; Souza-Machado, Carolina; Oliveira, Thiara S. de; Santos, Tássia Natalie N. dos; Cruz, Álvaro Augusto; Souza‐Machado, Adelmir

doi:10.1016/j.jpedp.2017.09.022

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“…6 The inclusion of asthma topics in the curriculum improved adolescents' knowledge about asthma in a randomized trial conducted in a public school in Northeastern Brazil. 7 Despite the prevalence of asthma, there are misconceptions about the treatment of the disease. 8 These misconceptions can prevent patients with asthma from leading normal lives.…”

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Knowledge and perception about asthma among students in a Nigerian single‐sex secondary school

Amorha

Asogwa

Ibenekwu

et al. 2021

Clinical Respiratory J

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Introduction: Asthma is prevalent among children and adolescents. Few studies have assessed the knowledge and perceptions of asthma among adolescents.Objectives: This study assessed the knowledge and perception about asthma among secondary school students in an all-girls school in Nigeria.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a Nigerian secondary school in Enugu State (February 2020). In Senior Secondary School (SS1, SS2 and SS3), students could be in one of three specialized classes: Sciences, Humanities and Business. A self-administered structured questionnaire was filled by conveniently sampled students in SS1 and SS2. Inferential statistics utilized the Pearson's chi-square test and multiple linear regression with statistical significance set as P < 0.05.Results: Three hundred and eighty-eight (388) students participated in the study (mean age = 14.64 AE 0.93 years). Majority of the students were in Science class (n = 299; 77.1%). There was high awareness about asthma (n = 384; 99.0%). More than half of them had good asthma knowledge (n = 279; 71.9%); close to three-fifths had favourable perception of asthma (n = 222; 57.2%). More students in SS2 had good knowledge of asthma compared to those in SS1 (76.7% vs. 67.2%; 2 = 4.338; P = 0.037). More students in Science class had favourable perceptions about asthma compared with those in Humanities and Business class (60.5% vs. 48.1% vs. 25.0%; 2 = 7.458; P = 0.024). Conclusion:Majority of the students were aware about asthma and had good knowledge of the disease while close to three-fifths had favourable perceptions about asthma.

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Knowledge and perception about asthma among students in a Nigerian single‐sex secondary school

Amorha

Asogwa

Ibenekwu

et al. 2021

Clinical Respiratory J

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Training needs for Ugandan primary care health workers in management of respiratory diseases: a cross sectional survey

Nantanda

Kayingo

Jones³

et al. 2020

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background: Respiratory diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Uganda, but there is little attention and capacity for management of chronic respiratory diseases in the health programmes. This survey assessed gaps in knowledge and skills among healthcare workers in managing respiratory illnesses. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among primary care health workers, specialist physicians and healthcare planners to assess gaps in knowledge and skills and, training needs in managing respiratory illnesses. The perspectives of patients with respiratory diseases were also sought. Data were collected using questionnaires, patient panel discussions and review of pre-service training curricula for clinicians and nurses. Survey Monkey was used to collect data and descriptive statistical analysis was undertaken for quantitative data, while thematic content analysis techniques were utilized to analyze qualitative data. Results: A total of 104 respondents participated in the survey and of these, 76.9% (80/104) were primary care health workers, 16.3% (17/104) specialist clinicians and 6.7% (7/104) healthcare planners. Over 90% of the respondents indicated that more than half of the patients in their clinics presented with respiratory symptoms. More than half (52%) of the primary care health workers were not comfortable in managing chronic respiratory diseases like asthma and COPD. Only 4% of them were comfortable performing procedures like pulse oximetry, nebulization, and interpreting x-rays. Majority (75%) of the primary care health workers had received in-service training but only 4% of the sessions focused on respiratory diseases. The pre-service training curricula included a wide scope of respiratory diseases, but the actual training had not sufficiently prepared health workers to manage respiratory diseases. The patients were unsatisfied with the care in primary care and reported that they were often treated for the wrong illnesses. Conclusions: Respiratory illnesses contribute significantly to the burden of diseases in primary care facilities in Uganda. Management of patients with respiratory diseases remains a challenge partially because of inadequate knowledge and skills of the primary care health workers. A training programme to improve the competences of health workers in respiratory medicine is highly recommended.

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Curricular intervention increases adolescents’ knowledge about asthma: a randomized trial

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Knowledge and perception about asthma among students in a Nigerian single‐sex secondary school

Knowledge and perception about asthma among students in a Nigerian single‐sex secondary school

Training needs for Ugandan primary care health workers in management of respiratory diseases: a cross sectional survey

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