Knowledge and Practices of School Team Members Regarding Injuries Prevention among Disabled Children

Abstract

Background: Injury is the most common health problems among disabled children and itsprevention has received increased attention recently. The aim of the study: Was to assessknowledge and practices of school team members regarding injury prevention among disabledchildren .Research design: Descriptive analytical design was utilized to conduct this study.Setting: This study was conducted in three schools for disabled children in Al-fikria school formental retardation students, Alamal School for deaf and dumb students, and Elnour School forblindness students. Sample: All team members in the selected schools (289 members) wereincluded in the study. Tools: Data was collected by using two tools I): An interviewingquestionnaire to assess a): Personal data of school team members. b): school team members knowledge about disability and injuries. c): Team members practices as reported related to firstaids of injuries. II): An observational checklist to assess environmental safety and sanitaryconditions. Results: There were 78.2% of the school team members did not receive any trainingcourses about first aid before, 53.6% of the school team member had average knowledge aboutschool injuries, 59.9% of the studied school team members had unsatisfactory practices towards thefirst aids of injuries and 100% of schools environment were safe and sanitary. Conclusion: Therewere highly statistically significant relations between the team members’ educational level and theirtotal knowledge, also between the team members training courses and their total practices.Recommendations: Health education and training programs should be developed and implementedto upgrade school team members’ knowledge and practices toward injury prevention to disabledchildren.