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Effect of health education on severe thalassemia prevention and control in communities in Cambodia

BACKGROUND: Severe thalassemia diseases are a major health problem in Southeast Asia. In Cambodia, there has never been a significant program for prevention or control of severe thalassemia. We, therefore, studied the effect of a health education program on severe thalassemia prevention and control...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Kimhaung, Fucharoen, Supan, Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan, Fucharoen, Goonnapa, Sanchaisuriya, Pattara, Jetsrisuparb, Arunee
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5817790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-018-0259-3
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author Cheng, Kimhaung
Fucharoen, Supan
Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan
Fucharoen, Goonnapa
Sanchaisuriya, Pattara
Jetsrisuparb, Arunee
author_facet Cheng, Kimhaung
Fucharoen, Supan
Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan
Fucharoen, Goonnapa
Sanchaisuriya, Pattara
Jetsrisuparb, Arunee
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description BACKGROUND: Severe thalassemia diseases are a major health problem in Southeast Asia. In Cambodia, there has never been a significant program for prevention or control of severe thalassemia. We, therefore, studied the effect of a health education program on severe thalassemia prevention and control in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. METHODS: A quasi-experimental study in several communities around Phnom Penh was done. The respective intervention and control group comprised 124 and 117 people, between 18 and 40 years of age, male and female. Pre- and post-tests using a validated and reliable questionnaire were performed in the intervention group and one test was done in the control group. A health education program was organized to give important information to the intervention group and, at the end of the process, to the control group. The outcomes were evaluations of their knowledge and attitude vis-à-vis severe thalassemia prevention and control, and participating in thalassemia screening. RESULTS: Among participants in the intervention group, 105 (84.7%) considered undergoing blood screening vs. 65 (55.6%) in the control group (p-value < 0.001). In the intervention group, the respective mean scores for knowledge and attitude to a prevention and control program for severe thalassemia before and after health education were 2.6 VS 6.5 (p-value < 0.001) and 4.6 VS 6.5 (p-value < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The intention to undergo screening was significantly higher in the intervention group than the control group. Knowledge and attitude towards prevention and control of severe thalassemia was significantly improved in the intervention group. Health education clearly heightens awareness and improves consideration of screening for prevention and control of severe thalassemia.
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spelling pubmed-58177902018-02-23 Effect of health education on severe thalassemia prevention and control in communities in Cambodia Cheng, Kimhaung Fucharoen, Supan Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan Fucharoen, Goonnapa Sanchaisuriya, Pattara Jetsrisuparb, Arunee Arch Public Health Research BACKGROUND: Severe thalassemia diseases are a major health problem in Southeast Asia. In Cambodia, there has never been a significant program for prevention or control of severe thalassemia. We, therefore, studied the effect of a health education program on severe thalassemia prevention and control in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. METHODS: A quasi-experimental study in several communities around Phnom Penh was done. The respective intervention and control group comprised 124 and 117 people, between 18 and 40 years of age, male and female. Pre- and post-tests using a validated and reliable questionnaire were performed in the intervention group and one test was done in the control group. A health education program was organized to give important information to the intervention group and, at the end of the process, to the control group. The outcomes were evaluations of their knowledge and attitude vis-à-vis severe thalassemia prevention and control, and participating in thalassemia screening. RESULTS: Among participants in the intervention group, 105 (84.7%) considered undergoing blood screening vs. 65 (55.6%) in the control group (p-value < 0.001). In the intervention group, the respective mean scores for knowledge and attitude to a prevention and control program for severe thalassemia before and after health education were 2.6 VS 6.5 (p-value < 0.001) and 4.6 VS 6.5 (p-value < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The intention to undergo screening was significantly higher in the intervention group than the control group. Knowledge and attitude towards prevention and control of severe thalassemia was significantly improved in the intervention group. Health education clearly heightens awareness and improves consideration of screening for prevention and control of severe thalassemia. BioMed Central 2018-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5817790/ /pubmed/29479428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-018-0259-3 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Cheng, Kimhaung
Fucharoen, Supan
Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan
Fucharoen, Goonnapa
Sanchaisuriya, Pattara
Jetsrisuparb, Arunee
Effect of health education on severe thalassemia prevention and control in communities in Cambodia
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title_fullStr Effect of health education on severe thalassemia prevention and control in communities in Cambodia
title_full_unstemmed Effect of health education on severe thalassemia prevention and control in communities in Cambodia
title_short Effect of health education on severe thalassemia prevention and control in communities in Cambodia
title_sort effect of health education on severe thalassemia prevention and control in communities in cambodia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5817790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-018-0259-3
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