Child and teacher acceptability of school-based echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease in Uganda
| العنوان: | Child and teacher acceptability of school-based echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease in Uganda |
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| المؤلفون: | Bethan Lemley, Catherine W. Gillespie, Tyler Bradley-Hewitt, Twalib Aliku, Andrea Dantin, Craig Sable, Peter Lwabi, Michelle Ploutz, Andrea Beaton |
| المصدر: | Cardiology in the Young. 27:82-89 |
| بيانات النشر: | Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2016. |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Heart disease, media_common.quotation_subject, education, Population, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Screening programme, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, 030225 pediatrics, Simethicone, Humans, Mass Screening, Medicine, Uganda, Child, Students, Mass screening, Retrospective Studies, media_common, education.field_of_study, Schools, Myristates, business.industry, Nicotinic Acids, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Retrospective cohort study, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Drug Combinations, Feeling, Echocardiography, Child, Preschool, Family medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cetrimonium Compounds, Physical therapy, Female, School based, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Attitude to Health, Stearic Acids |
| الوصف: | IntroductionRheumatic heart disease causes substantial morbidity in children in low-income countries. School-based echocardiographic screening has been suggested as a means to identify children with latent disease; however, little is known about the experience of children and teachers participating in screenings. The aim of our study was to assess students’ and teachers’ experience of school-based echocardiographic screening and identify areas for improvement.Materials and methodsA school-based echocardiographic screening programme was conducted in five schools in Northern Uganda in 2013. After 8 months, an age- and gender-stratified population that included 5% of the participating students and teachers completed a questionnaire via an in-person interview. Responses were reviewed by question and coded to identify key themes.ResultsA total of 255 students (mean 10.7 years; 48% male) and 35 teachers participated in our study. In total, 95% of the students and 100% of the teachers were happy to have participated in the screening; however, students reported feeling scared (35%) and nervous (48%) during the screening process. Programmatic strengths included the following: knowing one’s health status, opportunity to receive treatment, and staff interactions. Although 43% of the patients did not suggest a change with open-ended questioning, concerns regarding privacy, fear of the screening process, and a desire to include others in the community were noted.DiscussionSchool-based echocardiographic rheumatic heart disease screening was well received by students and teachers. Future programmes would likely benefit from improved pre-screening education regarding the screening process and diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease. Furthermore, education of teachers and students could improve screening perception and establish realistic expectations regarding the scope of screening. |
| تدمد: | 1467-1107 1047-9511 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1047951116000159 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::061aa50b16497c9dcc3e38e81629b4a2 https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047951116000159 |
| Rights: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....061aa50b16497c9dcc3e38e81629b4a2 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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