Knowledge and practice of patients attending rabies clinic towards the disease

Rabies is considered one of the public health problems especially in developing countries. The aim of the work was to study the epidemiology of animals bites injuries in Alexandria and to test the knowledge, attitude and practice of the bitten individuals. They were 184 attending the anti-rabies vaccine centre in Farouk hospital in Alexandria. A designed questionnaire was used for interviewing the bitten persons. The results of the study revealed that males were more exposed than females. Dogs constituted the majority of the offending animals followed by cats. The commonest site for injury was the lower limbs and abrasion was the type commonly incountered. About quarter of the bites were septic especially at the age of 10-20 years. Only 7.6% of the sample used soap and water as their first aid treatment and the rest used wrong practices

Health care aspects provided by mothers for their primary school children

The mother plays a vital role in caring for her school aged child. She carries the major responsibility for his physical, social and mental care. The aim of this study was to assess some of the health care aspects provided by mothers to their primary school children. The study included 328 students from grade six in primary schools in Alexandria middle educational districts. A precoded questionnaire was used to collect the needed data. The results indicate that parameters reflecting physical, social, mental care and personal hygiene were affected by mothers education and her work. Mother's education enabled her to provide better care regarding most of the studied parameters. On the other hand, mothers work prevented her from providing some aspects of care

Administration of school health program in Alexandria: organization of the program

1. The school health program organization in Alexandria was analyzed structurally, functionally and communicatively. 2. The present line and staff organization would help to implement the school health policy formed at ministerial level after adapting the health strategy to suit the local condition. 3. Channels of communication within the hierarchy are relatively long, giving less flexibility to the system, to overcome this drawback delegation of authority is experienced. 4. The role of limited community participation in limiting the effectiveness of the services in rural areas had been shown and it should be put in consideration in any re-planning for further development of school health program