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Knowledge and concern about avian influenza among secondary school students in Taif, Saudi Arabia.
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This study identified knowledge and concerns about avian influenza among secondary school students in Taif, Saudi Arabia. A stratified random sample of 514 students from 6 secondary schools was given a self-administered multiple-choice questionnaire. Knowledge scores were significantly related to socioeconomic indicators. Approximately 70% of the participants reported that media (TV and/or radio) was the source of their information. Overall, 65.4% of the participants said they expected there to be cases of avian influenza in Saudi Arabia this year. Females were more concerned than males (70.9% versus 58.9%). Effective school health education programmes should be implemented in order to prepare the community to deal with this important threat.
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Author/s: Al-Shehri, A S (AS); Abdel-Fattah, M (M); Hifnawy, T (T);
Affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
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Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de santé de la Méditerranée orientale = al-Majallah al-?i??iyah li-sharq al-mutawassi? (East Mediterr Health J), published in Egypt. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2006-; vol 12 Suppl 2 (issue ) : pp S178-88
Dates: Created 2007/03/16; Completed 2007/04/13;
PMID: 17361689, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)
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