Open AccessKnowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Nurseries' Workers toward Infection Prevention among the Children
Author(s) -
Sahar Abdul Hassan Al-Shatari,
Tayser Salah Ghafouri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
maǧallaẗ kulliyaẗ ṭibb al-kanadī
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2521-4365
pISSN - 1810-9543
DOI - 10.47723/kcmj.v17i3.297
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , infection control , family medicine , disease control , good practice , child care , knowledge level , environmental health , nursing , psychology , intensive care medicine , mathematics education , engineering , engineering ethics
Background: Infections are common in the children attending daycare centers how act as predisposes to it. Hygienic interventions have a fundamental role in infection control and disease prevention in child care settings.
Objective: - To evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of nurseries workers in infection prevention and control among the children.
Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study using the researcher-developed questionnaire validated by two experts and piloted and 100 nurseries-workers had participated in it.
Result: the mean age of participants was 37.5 years±12.1, (37%) aged 18-30 yrs, 58% married, and 57% with higher education, 54% of nurseries the participant take care of 11-20 children. 67 (67%) had correct knowledge about infection control, (91%) had the corrected practice, but unfortunately, 47 (47%) had low-attitude. Education level has significantly associated with the knowledge, attitude, and practice of the child care workers.
Conclusion: the majority of the nurseries workers had good knowledge and correct practice and less about their attitude in infection prevention.