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. 2022 Jul 30;22(1):194.
doi: 10.1186/s12902-022-01110-7.

Effectiveness of health education intervention on diabetes mellitus among the teachers working in public sector schools of Pakistan

Ramesh Kumar  1   2 , Sidra Rehman  3 , Gul Muhammad Baloch  3 , Muskan Vankwani  4 , Ratana Somrongthong  5 , Sathirakorn Pongpanich  5
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Effectiveness of health education intervention on diabetes mellitus among the teachers working in public sector schools of Pakistan

Ramesh Kumar et al. BMC Endocr Disord. .

Abstract

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is considered as one of the major public health problems globally. Health education strategies can help in managing blood glucose level and complications among DM patients. Health education intervention is effective to manage and control the blood glucose levels among diabetic patients. This study explored the effectiveness of health education intervention on DM among school teachers in public sector schools of Pakistan.

Methods: This was quasi-experimental study where baseline & end line assessments were conducted on teachers of public sector schools of Sindh province, Pakistan, from October to December 2019. Pretested structured questionnaire was used in this study. Participants (n = 136). were randomly selected from the list of government schools registered with district education department An intervention comprised of health education sessions with DM patients was undertaken after conducting baseline assessment followed by end line assessment. The institutional review board of Health Services Academy Pakistan ethically approved this study.

Results: All the respondents completed post-test with mean ± SD age of participants being 39.2 ± 1.34 years. Female teachers comprised 65% out of which 70% were living in rural areas. Knowledge on DM pre-test score was 20.03 ± 3.31 that increased in post-test to 49.11 ± 2.21 (p < 0.05). Mean score of information on symptoms and causes of DM was 1.98 ± 0.21 for pre-test whereas for post-test it was 4.78 ± 0.12 (p < 0.05). The effect of intervention was significant on diabetes related complications (p < 0.05), symptoms (p < 0.05), overall score (p < 0.05) and preventive practices (p < 0.05).

Conclusions: The study provides evidence of the importance and effectiveness of health education intervention related to diabetes among school teachers, which has a positive impact on the knowledge and practices. We concluded that the health education session sensitized the teachers and they can bring cogent changes to enhance their knowledge about diabetes and its risks.

Keywords: Communicable diseases; Diabetes; Government schools; Health education; Prevention; Teachers.

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