Prevention Program of Hepatitis C Virus in the Slum Areas
fouad, ferial; Dr.Hala Hassan Saied;
Abstract
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne infection that affects the liver and caused by hepatitis C virus, it constitutes an epidemic in Egypt, which is having the highest prevalence in the world. Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a prevention program of hepatitis C virus in the slum areas Study Design: A quasi-experimental design was used to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at the three family medicine centers at three different slum areas in Greater Cairo: 1) Kalat Al Kabsh, 2) Ard Aziz Ezzat ,in embaba, and 3) Ezbet Om Bayoumi, in Shubra Al Khaimah. Subjects: A purposful sample of one hundred clients was selected. Tools: For data collection, a structured interviewing questionnaire was developed to assess the socio- demographic characteristics and clients' knowledge, practices, and attitude toward prevention of HCV, as well as to assess their source of information. Results: The results revealed that 100 clients participating in this study male respondent accounted for 30% and females for 70%. They ranged from 20 to 59 years old with a mean of 31.2 ±6.08, years .The majority of clients 93% have low socioeconomic score. Clients' knowledge were 23% of them satisfactory pre intervention while post intervention they became 85% have satisfactory knowledge. Regarding their total attitude 56% of them were negative attitude pre program while, post program they became more than tow third 68% have positive attitude toward HCV. Also 55% of them ,their total practices were "Not Don" pre program while, post program their total practices regarding HCV were improved " Don" for the majority of them with highly statistical significant difference pre/post prevention program(P<0.001). Also the result revealed that the main source of HCV information were television 83%, Word of mouse 85%, and radio 67%. Conclusion: The present study concluded that, implementation of the prevention program of HCV had an efficient efficacy on improving clients' knowledge about HCV , attitude regarding HCV , and their practices toward HCV in the slum areas, with highly statistically significant differences in all the tested items between pre/post program implementation (p<0.001). Recommendations: Distributing different illustration instructional booklets and simplified brochures for the clients using simple health related information including mode of transmission, prevention and intervention measures toward HCV.
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| Title | Prevention Program of Hepatitis C Virus in the Slum Areas | Authors | fouad, ferial ; Dr.Hala Hassan Saied | Keywords | Prevention of HCV – Nurse’s role toward prevention of HCV | Issue Date | 2016 | Publisher | Dr Ferial Fouad Melika, Dr.Hala Hassan Saied | Conference | The 8th International Scientific Nursing Conference 2016 Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt "Discovering New Nursing Avenues in Patient Safety, Occupational and Environmental Health" | Description | In Egypt, the situation is very critical. Hepatitis C virus constitutes an epidemic infectious disease, which is having the highest prevalence in the world. Now there an HCV epidemic, that affects a whole country. However, the prevalence of HCV is 14.7%, just about every family in Egypt is touched by hepatitis C. The blood borne virus, which is highly infectious, infects at least 1 in 10 of the population aged 15 to 59 .Incidence rates are estimated at 2-6 per 1000 per year, that is, at least 170,000 new cases every year, which means maintaining a prevalence rate of 5-15% in the foreseeable future (Egyptian National Control Strategy for Viral Hepatitis 2015). Liver mortality due to HCV in Egypt reaches 40,000 per year, making 10% of total mortality, and comes second after heart diseases |
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