Health Awareness Package to Avert Helicobacter Pylori Infection among Family Members

Helicobacter pylori are common bacteria that cause pain and may lead to ulcers or
stomach cancer. The awareness package is a process that educates family members
to promote their knowledge and practice towards the prevention of infection.
Aim: Evaluate the effect of a health awareness package to avert helicobacter pylori
infection among family members. Design: A quasi-experimental design was
utilized. Setting: The study was carried out in the internal medicine outpatient
clinic at Helwan General Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample includes seventy
five family members. Tools: An interview questionnaire was used, it included three
parts: Part I. Family member's socio-demographic characteristics. Part II.
Knowledge about Helicobacter pylori infection. Part III. Reported practices.
Results: Slightly three-quarters of the family members’ had poor knowledge pre
package, while more than three- quarters of them had good knowledge after the
health awareness package. Also, there was a radical satisfactory improvement
among the majority of family members’ total score of reported practices after the
health awareness package in the post-test rather than of the pre-test. (P-value =
0.000). There was a statistically significant strong direct correlation between total
scores of pre and post-knowledge and reported practices of health awareness
package (p > 0.001). There were highly statistically significant relationships
between family members’ total scores of knowledge and reported practices and
socio-demographic characteristics. Conclusion: Utilization of health awareness
packages achieving significant improvements in the family members’ knowledge
and practice. Also, there was a positive correlation between total scores of
knowledge and reported family members’ practices and their socio-demographic
characteristics. Recommendations: Healthy hygienic guidelines are needed to
avert the incidence of H. Pylori infection and strengthen the knowledge and
practices among high-risk populations and low socioeconomic families