| Keywords |
Knowledge of tuberculosis ; Housewives ; Community health centers |
| Abstract |
This study was performed to measure the level of correct knowledge of housewives about tuberculosis andto identify some variables which influenced them. A questionnaire survey was conducted on the well-baby clinic con-sumers of 25 community health centers in Seoul, during the periods of 2005. 6. 1.~2005. 6. 30. A total 118 data wereanalyzed with SPSS 12.0. 1. The average age of housewives was 33.82 and their average number of children was1.8. 2. The average item of their correct knowledge was 7.81 out of 13 items. The high level of correct knowledgewere composed of 5 items namely, ‘treatment’, ‘health policy related to tuberculosis’, ‘severity’, ‘immunization’ and‘diagnostic examination’. The middle level of correct knowledge was composed of 6 items namely, ‘invasion andattack of tubercle bacilli on body’ ‘leading cause’, ‘the time for medical check up’, ‘free services in community healthcenter’ ‘manifestation of symptoms’ and ‘attack organs’. And the low level of correct knowledge was composed of 2items, ‘cross infection’ and ‘morbidity’. 3. Total 30.8% of correct knowledge could be explained by ‘BCG vaccinationof their last-born child’, age and education of housewives. These results imply that housewives whose last-born childwas vaccinated have higher level of correct knowledge about tuberculosis in proportion to their age and degree ofeducation. Therefore we need strategies to apply educational programs which will help well-baby clinic housewives toincrease their correct knowledge about tuberculosis. It is desirable that those programs will be specifically applied byBCG vaccination of their children, age, educational background and level of correct knowledge of housewives. |