Development And Evaluation Of Intervention Tools To Improve Primary School Teachers Knowledge On Asthma And Its Management In Penang, Malaysia

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dc.contributor.authorKhairunnisa
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-12T07:45:56Z
dc.date.available2018-07-12T07:45:56Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractPrimary school children who develop asthmatic attack during school hours required assistance from their teachers or school staff. Therefore teacher’s knowledge on asthma and its managements are vital in order for them to provide necessary assistance to their needy students. This scenario is particularly important in Malaysia as most primary schools do not have medically trained staff to assist students who develop medical problems during school hours. The objectives of this study were (1) to asses the level of knowledge regarding asthma and its management among school teachers in Penang, Malaysia; (2) to develop effective intervention methods of asthma education for school teachers; (3) to asses the level of teachers’ knowledge on asthma and its management among school teachers after exposure to intervention methods. This study was a prospective, descriptive and comparative study using validated questionnaires and self developed intervention tools. This study consisted of three stages: (1) Assessment of current knowledge on asthma among primary school teacher in Penang, Malaysia using a validated questionnaire; (2) Administration of the self developed intervention tools targeted to improve the teachers knowledge and awareness on asthma and its managements. There were 2 interventions tools i.e booklet and multimedia used and compared in term of the effectiveness; (3) Reassessment of the teacher’s knowledge on asthma at three different occasion, immediately, three months and six month after the end of the intervention sessions. A total of 813 teachers participated in the assessment of the level of knowledge regarding asthma and its management. Generally, the primary school teachers knowledge about asthma and its management were satisfactory with mean score of 34.53 of 47 scores (73.47%), however they have limited knowledge on asthma and sport. The teacher’s knowledge on asthma was influenced by personal contact or exposure to asthma but not the demographic of the teachers. One hundrend and seventy (170) teachers from booklet intervention group and 89 teachers from multimedia intervention group completed this study.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5916
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectTeacher’s knowledge on asthmaen_US
dc.subjectnecessary assistance to their needy studentsen_US
dc.titleDevelopment And Evaluation Of Intervention Tools To Improve Primary School Teachers Knowledge On Asthma And Its Management In Penang, Malaysiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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