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INTRODUCCIÓN: La hidatidosis es una zoonosis cuyo control más eficiente y eficaz es la promoción en salud, especialmente en la población infante-juvenil. OBJETIVO: Medir el impacto de un programa de intervención educativa sobre hidatidosis en escolares del norte de Chile. MÉTODO: Estudio intervencional educativo con fases pre y post test en 3.145 estudiantes de educación preescolar, primaria y secundaria de tres comunas. Se definieron dimensiones, unidades educativas y sistemas de evaluación incorporados en las bases curriculares. Se calculó el puntaje de logro de respuestas correctas utilizando la prueba t. Se estimó el tamaño del efecto mediante d de Cohen y análisis de varianza mixto. RESULTADOS: Se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en la muestra total y en las variables género, comuna, procedencia rural-urbana y nivel de educación. Los puntajes post intervención fueron mayores y con tamaños de efecto grandes a excepción de los primeros niveles de educación. Se hallaron puntajes mayores post test y efectos de interacción con diferencias significativas en rural-urbano y en comuna anteriormente intervenida. La dimensión mejor evaluada fue "medidas de autocuidado" y la más baja "tenencia responsable de perros". CONCLUSIONES: El programa educativo fue efectivo al ser dirigido a grupos etarios, mediante métodos pedagógicos en las bases curriculares de los establecimientos educacionales.
BACKGROUND: Hydatidosis is a zoonosis whose most efficient and effective control is health promotion, especially in children and youth. AIM: To measure the impact of an educational intervention program on hydatidosis in schoolchildren in northern Chile. METHOD: Educational interventional study was performed with pre-post test phases in 3,145 students of preschool, primary and secondary education from three districts. Dimensions, educational units and evaluation systems were defined and incorporated into the curricular bases. The correct answer achievement score was calculated using the T-test. Effect size was estimated using Cohen's d and mixed analysis of variance. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences were found in the total sample and in variables such as gender, district, rural-urban origin and level of education. Post-intervention scores were higher than pre-intervention and with large effect sizes, except for the first levels of education. Higher post-test scores and interaction effects were found with significant differences in rural-urban and in a previously intervened district. The best evaluated dimension was "self-care measures" and the lowest was "responsibly keeping dogs". CONCLUSIONS: The educational program was effective when directed to age groups, through pedagogical methods in the curricular bases of educational facilities.
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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Pré-Escolar , Criança , Adolescente , Adulto Jovem , Educação em Saúde , Equinococose/prevenção & controle , Chile , Estudos Prospectivos , Avaliação Educacional/métodos , Doenças Negligenciadas/prevenção & controleRESUMO
Background: The nurses have a major influence on the behavior of our women, they need to be knowledgeable themselves about breast cancer risk factors and the importance of early detection through screening, thereby improving a chance of longer life for the patient. The need of the hour is to create awareness about breast cancer for early management of this disease.Methods: The present pre-post test study was carried out among female students in a Government College of Nursing in Nagpur to assess the impact of educational intervention on awareness of breast cancer using a predesigned self-administered questionnaire.Results: The overall knowledge about risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment modalities of breast cancer of significantly increased from pre test to post test.Conclusions: The impact of intervention shows significant increase in knowledge of breast cancer.
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Planning organisation and delivery of educational program(s), culminating in purposeful learning require strong basis of principles of adult learning along with a sound knowledge and requisite skills in both psychology as well as technology of medical education. Assessing effectiveness of a CME program is as important as the organization of learning activities and delivery of academic program as these may provide further directions for enhancing the efficacy of the CME delivery system. Objective: (i) The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of well planned and conducted CME program in terms of enhancing knowledge and competence of the participants. (ii) To explore if the gain in knowledge and competence, if any, can be attributed to the interactive design of the educational process. Methods: The study was conducted during NAMS-AIIMS Regional Symposium on Sleep Medicine at AIIMS, Jodhpur as part of NAMSCON 2013. After explaining the objectives of the study to the participants and assurance of confidentiality, a validated and pre-tested questionnaire consisting of 30 multiple choice, single response questions, was administered to 103 participants. Following intervention consisting of didactic lectures by experts in different aspects of sleep medicine, interactive sessions and problem triggered sessions consisting of clinical data, participants were readministered post test questions which were, however, different from pre-test but had similar difficulty level. Result: The response rate of participants was 89%. Pre-intervention scores were 11.76 ± 4.4, with only 26 % of participants achieving an arbitrary pass score of 50 %. Comparison of paired score of participants who attempted both pre and post tests (n=59) showed improvement from 12.1 ±4.6 to 18.3 ± 3.8 which was significant (p <0.05). 84.7 % of participants secured above pre decided 50% score. The mean increase in the score was 6.2 with 95% CIs 4.8; 7.5 (P <0.001). Higher gain in knowledge and competencies is attributed to intense interactive involvement of participants during the problem triggered sessions, feedback provided during interaction and system of reward and incentive introduced at time of sessions. The study concludes that well designed educational intervention based on the principles of adult learning brings positive gain in the knowledge and enhances competence of the participants.