Impact of educational package on sexual health knowledge among healthcare workers in Leban

144 healthcare workers in Lebanon participated in a 2018 intervention study evaluating training workshops on HIV and STIs. HIV knowledge scores increased by 37.5% post-intervention, while STI knowledge scores rose by 29.7%. The study, authored by Ismaël Maatouk of Lankenau Medical Center, also measured stigma and found differences in outcomes between urban and rural areas.

Use Cases

• Evaluating the effectiveness of training interventions based on pre/post questionnaire scores.
• Analyzing geographic disparities in health knowledge acquisition based on urban/rural differences mentioned in the results.
• Studying the relationship between healthcare worker knowledge and stigma reduction based on the reported stigma score changes.

Strengths

• Includes pre- and post-intervention data from 144 participants, allowing for paired analysis.
• Reports statistically significant (p<0.05) improvements in HIV and STI knowledge scores.
• Provides comparative analysis between urban and rural participant groups.

Limitations

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• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data was gathered via pre- and post-intervention questionnaires administered during nine training workshops in 2018.

Time Range

2018

Geography

Lebanon