Fernández VLL, Varela LY, de la Paz LC, Herrero PC, Fernández MPM

Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 130-139
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: lung tuberculosis constitutes a serious sanitary problem in world scale; it is indispensable to improve the prevention and promotion through the people´s knowledge about this infection.
Objective: to increase the level of knowledge about lung tuberculosis in non educational workers from "Haydee Santamaria Cuadrado" headquarters, Manzanillo Medical Sciences Faculty.
Method: an educational intervention was carried out in the period September to December of 2015, 25 workers were selected for working with the investigation team once per week. A survey was applied at the beginning of the investigation, the educational intervention was implemented and the level of knowledge was compared before and after the study.
Results: before the educational intervention 2 participants (8%) had satisfactory knowledge, after the educational intervention the percentage was increased to 84% (21 participants).
Conclusion: the intervention was effective at increasing the level of people's knowledge.

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