Improving the Knowledge and Attitude of Primary School Teachers about First Aid Emergencies in school children at El-Gammalia City; Interventional Study

ELemam, Fatma Mohammed; Khafagy, Mohamed Azmy; Al Emam, Doaa Shokry

doi:10.21608/ejcm.2025.395985.1427

Improving the Knowledge and Attitude of Primary School Teachers about First Aid Emergencies in school children at El-Gammalia City; Interventional Study

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¹ Teaching Assistant, Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University

² Professor of Public health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

³ Associate professor, Public Health and Community medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University

10.21608/ejcm.2025.395985.1427

Abstract

Background: First aid to minor injuries among school children offers immediate care until professional help arrives. Teachers, as primary responders to school incidents, must be equipped with proper first aid knowledge and maintain a positive attitude. Aim: To evaluate the impact of a first aid training program on knowledge and attitude among primary school teachers. Methods: A quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was used in El-Gammalia City during 2024–2025. Participants included teachers from two rural and two urban governmental primary schools. Data was collected via a self-administered questionnaire assessing socio-demographic information, training history, first aid knowledge, and attitude. Results: A total of 130 teachers were included. The mean age was 47.7±9.5 years and the majority (79.2%) were females. The training program resulted in a significant improvement in participants’ knowledge and attitude scores. The mean knowledge score increased from 7.3±1.38 pre-intervention to 9.6±0.93 post-intervention, reflecting a 31.5% improvement (p<0.001). Similarly, the mean attitude score improved from 19.5±2.4) to 22.43±1.41), reflecting 15% improvement (p<0.001). Predictors of good pre-intervention knowledge and positive attitude included age >47 years (AOR= 22.16 and 18.90), teaching experience >10 years (AOR= 40.69 and 35), prior training (AOR= 3.26 for both), and training delivered by health professionals (AOR= 9.90 for knowledge, 8.33 for attitude). Conclusions: The training program significantly enhanced primary school teachers’ first aid knowledge and attitudes. The findings support the necessity of ongoing training programs, particularly those conducted by healthcare professionals, to maintain and improve first aid competencies among school staff.

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