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A STUDY TO KNOW THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS DURING THE CORONA PANDEMIC

Authors

  • Tharwat Abdullah almanasef Staff Nurse, National Guard Hospital-Dammam, Saudi Arabia
  • Hind Hussain Alzaher Health Education, National Guard Hospital-Dammam, Saudi Arabia
  • Fatimah Hussain ALzaher Health Care Administration in Khobar, Saudi Arabia
  • Sukinah Hassan almudhari Nurse Tech, National Guard Hospital-Dammam, Saudi Arabia
  • Fatimah Ali Almozare X-Ray Technician, Health Care Administration in Khobar, Saudi Arabia
  • Ola Abbas Alqudaihi Staff Nurse, National Guard Hospital-Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The aim of this research is to identify the level of knowledge and practices of health care workers towards the occupational risks surrounding them in some hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is a study to measure awareness using KAP, and it aims to know the impact of training on the level of awareness. The descriptive analytical survey approach and the semi-experimental approach were used through the pre and post examination for its suitability for this research, and the study was conducted on a sample consisting of 326 categories of doctors, nursing, laboratory specialists and the experimental group to conduct the training, the results of the study showed that the level of knowledge was good before the training program and the axes of directions The practices and training were not satisfactory in the total group before the program. After the training program, the levels of all axes rose with arithmetic averages, some of which reached 100%, which confirms the need to intensify training programs for workers and this is what the researchers recommended in addition to the need for an entity responsible for monitoring and developing procedures. Protection from occupational exposures in light of the Corona pandemic and raising awareness among workers.

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2021-01-03 — Updated on 2021-01-05

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Tharwat Abdullah almanasef, Hind Hussain Alzaher, Fatimah Hussain ALzaher, Sukinah Hassan almudhari, Fatimah Ali Almozare, & Ola Abbas Alqudaihi. (2021). A STUDY TO KNOW THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS DURING THE CORONA PANDEMIC. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology, 17(4), 1-21. Retrieved from https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/4836 (Original work published January 3, 2021)