The Effect of Rheumatic Heart Disease Awareness on Primary School Students' Knowledge According to 100 Million Health Initiative

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1 Lecturer of Community Health Nursing - Faculty of Nursing - Modern University for Technology and Information (MTI)

2 Fellow of Community Health Nursing at Ain shams Specialized Hospital Ain shams university

3 Lecturer of Nursing Administration Department- Faculty of Nursing- Delta University for Science and Technology

4 Nursing supervisor, Menoufia directorate of health - Menoufia, Egypt.

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Background: Rheumatic Heart Disease Awareness is crucial, since rheumatic fever can be prevented from progressing to RHD, which can result in heart failure, stroke, and even death, early detection and treatment are essential. Aim of the study: Assessing the effect of Rheumatic Heart Disease Awareness on Primary School Students' Knowledge about Rheumatic Heart Disease. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was employed to achieve the aim of the study. Subject: (460) 6th grade Students participated in the study. Setting: the study was conducted in two primary schools which were located at Al-Mokattam area, Cairo, Egypt " Tarek Ibn Ziad and Khaled Ibn ElWalid" which was affiliated to " Educational Administration in Maadi, Middle Plateau ". Tools of data collection: Rheumatic heart Disease Knowledge Pre posttest was used. Results: post awareness, there was a highly statistically significant improvement in Rheumatic heart disease Knowledge level (p=0.001) among studied 6th grade primary school students.  Conclusion: Rheumatic Heart Disease Awareness had a positive effect on rheumatic heart disease Knowledge among 6th grade primary school students. Recommendations: primary schools should apply Rheumatic Heart Disease Awareness to students to promote early detection disease prevention

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 16, Issue 3
September 2025
Pages 853-864

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