Assessment of health habits among governmental school pupils

Children of school age form a vulnerable segment of the population that is undergoing developmental changes. The aims of this study were of two folds, to investigate health habits among governmental primary school children and to evaluate the role of school health nurse within the target population, as a beginning step to implement health promotion program for this age group. Four hundred 5th year students were chosen from four different schools, two in urban area [El-Haram District] and two in rural area [Nahia Village]. Also, ten school nurses [five from each area] were included. It is recommended to reteach and demonstrate sound health habits to primary school pupils, offer periodical in- service training programs for school nurses, to up-date their knowledge and to maintain proper link between school nurses, families and the community

Nurses knowledge, perception and preventive measures against human immunodeficiency virus: a comparative study

128 nurses were included [88 from Yemen, 40 from Egypt]. They were recruited from both hospitals and community health centers of both countries. A questionnaire was applied to them to assess their knowledge and perception of occupations risk, also, an observation check list was used to assess their performance of self protection techniques. It was found that perception of occupational risk of Yemeni nurses was higher than Egyptian nurses, although the application of preventive measures by the Egyptian nurses were found to be better than the Yemeni nurses, but still both groups need an in- service training program to improve their knowledge and perceptions as well as the preventive measures to protect themselves from occupational risks