Knowledge and attitudes of students towards typhoid fever

Abstract

A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Karbala Technical Institute for the period from November 1 (2016) to March 1 (2017). to assess the level of knowledge of students about typhoid fever (nature of disease, methods of transmission and prevention) students' knowledge and some demographic characteristics. The sample fragment was 300 students. Data were collected according to a pre-prepared questionnaire, which was completed in direct interview with the students. The grades were distributed on each questionnaire through to special criteria similar to the student examination rules (poor, fair, good). The current study showed that 28% of the study sample had good information about the disease. 42% of the sample had fair information about the disease and 30% of the sample had poor information about the disease. The researcher recommends the adoption of comprehensive programs for health education on the disease ,the ways of transmission and how to prevent it at various levels and benefit from the media in the dissemination of information on the disease.