Egyptian school children awareness and precautions in Covid19 pandemic: a cross sectional survey study

Shehata, Manal A.; Adel, Ahmed; Armaneous, Ayman F.; EL-Sonbaty, Mohamed; Atti, Mohamed Abdel; El-Hariri, Hazem; Kamel, Iman

doi:10.1186/s42269-021-00495-0

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“…The adolescents in the focus groups showed high adherence to protective measures. This is in line with studies from Germany and other countries demonstrating that a large proportion of young people followed the diverse protective measures [17,19,28,47,48].…”

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Exploring pandemic-related health literacy among adolescents in Germany: a focus group study

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Background Health literacy enables people to cope efficiently with health threats, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little is known about health literacy among adolescents in general and especially in the context of pandemics. This study aimed to explore pandemic-related health literacy among adolescents by addressing cognitive, behavioral, conative, and affective components of the multidimensional health literacy construct. Methods Four online focus groups with 24 adolescents aged 13-17 years from four German federal states were conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic in May and June 2021. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results Regarding the cognitive and behavioral components of pandemic-related health literacy, adolescents reported to use a broad range of traditional and digital media and personal information sources. The adolescents considered pandemic-related information to be good and easy to understand, when the information is presented in a concise and structured manner. The participants stated difficulties in finding, understanding, and evaluating pandemic-related information regarding particular protective measures. The adolescents described themselves to be critical when evaluating pandemic-related information and reported a high level of adherence to protective measures. Regarding the conative and affective components of health literacy, the adolescents explained that their wish to protect their loved ones from getting infected was the predominant motive for adherence to protective measures. They were convinced that people of their age play a role in pandemic containment. The adolescents reported sometimes making exceptions from adhering to protective measures to cope with negative feelings they experienced during the pandemic. Conclusions This study provides insights on how measures to improve pandemic-related health literacy among adolescents may be tailored to their needs. Prompt, concise, structured, and comprehensible preparation and communication of pandemic-related information in addition to educational efforts to strengthen health-related cognitive skills and critical health literacy may be supportive to reduce barriers in finding, understanding, and evaluating pandemic-related content.

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“…Xue et al (18) found that 96% of primary school students washed their hands in certain situations; 96% after the toilet, while 85.6% of them washed their hands after coughing or sneezing; 95.1% after getting home; 96.4% before meals; and 96.5% after touching objects outside the home. Also, Shehata et al (19) explored that 93.9% of school students washed their hands after returning from outside and 86.3% washed them after eating. The relatively lower rate of hand washing after coughing or sneezing, before eating, and on touching any surface in the current work may be due to the fact that it measures hand washing practice in schools while Xue et al (18) and Shehata et al (19) performed their study on school students during the period of school closure after the beginning of the pandemic, as the children at home had better access to hand washing than in school and they replace it with the use of alcoholbased hand cleaners.…”

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“…Also, Shehata et al (19) explored that 93.9% of school students washed their hands after returning from outside and 86.3% washed them after eating. The relatively lower rate of hand washing after coughing or sneezing, before eating, and on touching any surface in the current work may be due to the fact that it measures hand washing practice in schools while Xue et al (18) and Shehata et al (19) performed their study on school students during the period of school closure after the beginning of the pandemic, as the children at home had better access to hand washing than in school and they replace it with the use of alcoholbased hand cleaners. Subedi et al (20) found a relatively lower percentage, as 79.21% of students adopted handwashing measures as a preventive strategy; the difference in these values reflected variation between different localities in the perspective of awareness and willingness of the community about COVID-19 prevention.…”

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Commitment to COVID-19 Protective Measures in Schools and among School Children, Egypt

Ibrahem¹,

badry

Raouf³

2022

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Background: School closure was taken as one of the international measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. After the recession of the first wave of COVID-19, reopening of schools was decided to gain the educational and psychological support proposed by schools, on condition that they apply strict hygienic measures in schools and by students to prevent the spread of infection. Objective: This study aimed to estimate the degree to which school students committed to hygienic measures related to COVID-19 prevention as well as estimate schools' commitment to public health measures related to COVID-19 as reported by students. Patients and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in December 2020 on Egyptian school students. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 20 basic education schools from the ten districts in Menoufia governorate, Egypt. A sample of 786 students were included and subjected to a self-administered questionnaire containing socio-demographic characteristics, students' commitment to hygienic measures related to COVID-19, and the commitment of the schools to preventive measures of COVID-19. Results: The studied students were 52.3% males with an average age ranging from 6 to 15 years. About 55.1% were from rural residences and 92% of them were with adequately educated mothers. Hand washing practice was mostly done after returning home from outside (95.2%). More than 95% of them wore masks at school entry but only 39.2% continued wearing them throughout the day. Students' commitment was significantly related to older age students, females, urban residence, and mother's education. Conclusion: Commitment of students to hygienic measures against COVID-19 improved mainly with increasing age, female sex, urban areas, and with higher education of mothers. Also, it was significantly correlated with the school's commitment score, so continuing health education and training of parents and students, especially those who are young, will improve students' commitment.

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“…In support of this assertion, another cross sectional survey was conducted by Shehata, et al [5] on "Egyptian school children`s awareness and precautions in Covid-19 pandemic" states that, COVID-19 is showing a wide global spread, and urgent joint international efforts is required on the awareness of people to limit the widespread of the pandemic. Again, the aim of this study was also to assess the level of awareness and attitude towards COVID-19 among a sample of Egyptian school children.…”

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Awareness of Covid-19 and Government Involvement in School Healthcare Promotion in Demonstration Elementary and Secondary Schools

2022

Int J Nurs Health Care Res

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Introduction: COVID-19 has disrupted activities in all segment of our immediate and distant society in recent times. Objective: This article sought to ascertain the awareness of COVID-19 and government`s involvement in school healthcare promotion in Demonstration elementary and secondary schools. Method: A descriptive survey research design utilizes stratified random sampling technique with 257 as sample size. A self-developed questionnaire was designed to obtain data from respondents and analysis of data was done using frequency distribution tables and bar charts. Findings: Findings indicate that, students within the age range of 13-25, teachers, 26-37 and staff within 23-49 responded; sex distribution was male-57.20% and female 42.80%. 58.37% said yes to whether or not they were aware of Covid-19 pandemic, 18.29 undecided and 23.34 said no. Some respondents further mentioned the means through which they became aware of the virus. Again, responses on whether or not as a result of Covid-19 pandemic government was involved in promoting healthcare services indicate that, 70.04% said yes, 10.51% undecided and 19.46% no, in which 22.96% further affirmed that government encourages the use of face masks/shield, 55.25% stated the use of hand sanitizer, 37 14.40% social distancing and 7.39% equally promotes healthcare services and 19 7.39% self-isolation are measures. However, 27, which is 10.51% were undecided and 23, 24% said no that Covid-19 was not what pre-empt government to promote healthcare services in schools. Responses were elicited from targeted population with respect to the questions put forwarded. Conclusion: A good number of the respondents are aware and indeed government has been involved in promoting healthcare in the school to an extent, though not overtly. Recommendations: all stakeholders should be adequately informed through any possible available means of the reality of Covid-19. In addition, leaders at all levels should make deliberate effort to be involved in school healthcare promotion.

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Egyptian school children awareness and precautions in Covid19 pandemic: a cross sectional survey study

Cited by 9 publications

References 20 publications

Exploring pandemic-related health literacy among adolescents in Germany: a focus group study

Exploring pandemic-related health literacy among adolescents in Germany: a focus group study

Commitment to COVID-19 Protective Measures in Schools and among School Children, Egypt

Awareness of Covid-19 and Government Involvement in School Healthcare Promotion in Demonstration Elementary and Secondary Schools

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