ROLE OF HEALTH EDUCATION INTERVENTIONS IN IMPROVING HEPATITIS E AWARENESS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN
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Keywords
Pregnant Females, Hepatitis-E, Infection, Knowledge and Perception
Abstract
Background: An higher risk of death and terrible consequences is associated with hepatitis E, one of the most prevalent infections that pregnant women face.
Objective: The aim was to determine how much health education interventions resulted in improving hepatitis E awareness among pregnant women.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Gynae & Obstetric Department PUMHS Civil Hospital Nawabshah from April 2023-September 2023 and comprised of 80 pregnant females. Females with ages 17-45 years were included after taking informed written consent. We used SPSS 22.0 to analyze data. A chi-square test was employed to see whether there was a correlation between the participants' knowledge and perception.
Results: Pregnant females had mean age 27.9±5.25 years with mean BMI 25.12±7.33 kg/m2. Majority of the females 49 (61.3%) were literate. There were 34 (42.5%) cases had 2nd trimester of pregnancy, followed by 28 (35%) cases had 3rd trimester and 18 (22.5%) cases had first trimester. Among women, 78% had heard of Hepatitis E, 83% had known a person infected via viral infection, 55% didn't know it was caused by a virus, 42% knew it was spread through contaminated water and food, 50% knew it was spread by a blood transfusion, 60% knew it could be spread sexually, 41% knew it could be spread from mother to fetus, and 66% knew it was spread more in pregnancy. Only 40% of women thought that they were at risk of Hepatitis-E.
Conclusion: Our research shows that pregnant women have a decent understanding of hepatitis E, but that additional health education and immunization campaigns are needed to lower the disease's death toll.
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Dr Muthira Mohammad Yaseen
Bps 18 Gynaecologist, Gynae ward 1 MNCH, Nawabshah
Dr Aasma Naz
Assistant Professor, Gynae & Obstetrics Department Pumhs Nawabshah
Dr Zameer Ahmed
Assistant Professor, Laboratory Animal Science,DMC Karachi
Dr Shazia Ahmed Jatoi
Assistant Professor, Gynae & obstetric Department, SMBBMU Larkana
Dr Kiran Aamir
Associate Professor,Pathology Department, Liaquat university of Medical and health sciences Jamshoro Hyderabad
Dr Aamir Ramzan
Assistant Professor, Liaquat Institute of medical and health sciences,Lumhs Thatta