The Knowledge, Attitude and Some Factors Related to First Aid of Teachers at Some Primary Schools
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Objective: To describe the knowledge, attitudes and factors related to primary school teachers in Nam Dinh city.
Subject and method: Using a cross-sectional descriptive research design with a questionnaire survey on 394 primary school teachers in 10 primary schools in Nam Dinh city, Vietnam.
Results: The percentage of teachers who answered correctly about first aid for nosebleeds, sprains, and choking on food was high at 91.9%, 97.0%, 94.2% respectively, the percentage of correct answers about first aid was low at 3.3% burns, 7.1% drowning, 4.6% fractures. Especially, there was only 33% teachers with the satisfactory general knowledge about first aid. 62% teachers with the satisfactory attitude about initial first aid, 37.8% teachers with the unsatisfactory attitude. There was a correlation between the teachers’ knowledge about first aid and years of work, having learned about first aid. Moreover, the teachers’ attitude was related to the age group and previous experience of first aid.
Conclusion: The study showed that teachers' knowledge and attitude about first aid were not high. Thus, the training and communication programs were needed to improve knowledge about first aid for primary school teachers.
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