Hiệu quả can thiệp cải thiện kiến thức, thái độ, thực hành của bà mẹ có con dưới 5 tuổi về phòng chống bệnh tay chân miệng tại huyện Đại Từ tỉnh Thái Nguyên năm 2018

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to improve knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers with children under 5 years old on prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease in 4 communes of Dai Tu district, Thai Nguyen province. Methods: The interventional study design was applied in this study. Selected 4 communes with high number of HFMD cases in 5 years, of which 2 communes are near the district center (Binh Thuan and Ban Ngoai) and 2 communes are far from the district center (Hoang Nong and Khoi Ky). Each commune selected 250 mothers with children under 5 years old by simple random sampling method. Results: The effectiveness of the intervention in terms of knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers with children under 5 years old was 29.3%, respectively; 22.3% and 18.8%. Conclusions: Knowledge - Attitude - Practice of mothers with children under 5 years old on prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease has improved after the intervention. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen communication and health education on hand, foot and mouth disease prevention for the people, especially mothers with children under 5 years old.