Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding prevention of Covid 19 among school team

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1 Bachelor of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University

2 Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University

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Background: The public's ignorance of a newly discovered disease during an epidemic might lead to chaos and fear. Not only can appropriate information dissemination help society navigate these kinds of situations, but it can also improve readiness for potential future epidemics. Aim: The aim of this study was to assessing knowledge, attitude and practice regarding prevention of Covid 19 among school team. Design: descriptive design was used to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at the schools in Beni-Suef city as Ahmed Zewail School, El-Shorouk school, El-Awael school and El Tawfik School. Sample: A convenience sample of one hundred of school team. Tools: Tool (I) part (1): Personal data, part (2): school team knowledge. Tool (II): Knowledge regarding prevention of COVID 19 Tool (III): school team attitude toward coronavirus disease and Tool (IV): Checklist practice regarding prevention of COVID 19 .Results: Illustrated that 69% of school team were had satisfactory level of knowledge, 72 % had positive attitude toward Coronavirus disease 2019 and 81% of them were had satisfactory practices. Conclusion: School team participates had good level of knowledge, positive attitude about COVID-19 infection and, satisfactory level of practice regarding prevention of COVID-19 Recommendation: Teachers in schools should be the focus of educational and training initiatives regarding the coronavirus sickness.

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