Assessment of General Approach for Appropriate Pediatrics First Aid and Associated Factors among Primary School Teachers in Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia

Mengesha, Altayehu (2015) Assessment of General Approach for Appropriate Pediatrics First Aid and Associated Factors among Primary School Teachers in Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

Background:Accidents and injury is the leading cause of death in children 0-14 years of age in the world. Children are prone to unintentional and intentionalinjuries (drowning, falls, burn, transport injury , choking , poisoning , blunt force, intentional self harm).. Because children spend a significant portion of their day in schools, pediatric emergencies such as the exacerbation of existing medical conditions or accidental physical injuries are more likely to occur in those settings. Objective: To assess general approach of appropriate first aid in primary school teachers and associated factors among teachers in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. Methodology: Cross sectional study was conducted to assess general approach for appropriate first aid of primary school teachers towards pediatrics emergency at selected governmental and nongovernmental primary schools in Addis- Ababa Ethiopia. This study was conducted from the November, 01 to November 30,2014. Multi-stage sampling was used to select those participants from the ten sub-cities & each primary schools. The number of staff members in each school were selected based on the proportion of staffs in the schools. Pre-tested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data about general approach for appropriate first aid of primary school teachers towards pediatrics emergency and the data was collected by trained health extension supervisor . Result:A total of 273 respondents participated in and completed this study. From the study participants those who were knowledgeable, Only three (4.4%) of themhad positive effect on general approach for appropriate pediatrics first aid.. Thirty three (48.5%) of them had positive attitude towards pediatrics first aid, 39(57.4%) of the study participants practiced when cases came to the school and from those responded as there is good set up of school to apply appropriate pediatrics first aid 37(54.4%) had positive effect on general approach for appropriate pediatrics first aid. Conclusion and Recommendation:Of all study participants 75% had no effect on general approach for appropriate pediatrics first aid. Knowledge, attitude, practice, ethnicity and school set up were found to be independent factors for general approach for appropriate pediatrics first aid. There is an urgent need to train primary school teachers regarding general approach for appropriate pediatric first aid . Budget: The budget required to complete the study was 15,500 EBR.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Vincent Mpoza
Date Deposited:	03 Jul 2018 08:40
Last Modified:	03 Jul 2018 08:40
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/6243

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