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- Title
Conocimientos sobre vivienda saludable en dos barrios de Bucaramanga, Colombia - 2012.
- Authors
Zehr, Johanna Gurierrez; Fonseca, Adriana Angarita; Ramírez, Elsa Morales; Tarazona Suarez, Aura Alexandra; Valderrama Carrasco, Adriana María; Mejia Betancourth, Sandra Yazmín; Gutiérrez, Ligia Solano
- Abstract
Objective: To determine knowledge about healthy housing in two communities within Bucaramanga. Methodology: A transversal descriptive study was made with 100 parents or caregivers of children belonging to homes of the Instituto de Bienestar Familiar from Estoraques and Girardot neighborhoods. The collected variables were sociodemographic and knowledge of healthy housing, through responding questionnaire built by the authors. In the statistical analysis measures of central tendency and dispersion for quantitative variables and absolute and relative frequency for qualitative variables, were applied. A test with alpha level < 0.05, was considered statistically significant. Results: The questions that were answered correctly in a small proportion were those about the actions related to accident prevention in children (A safe home means having good deeds, of the following which in the most appropriate) with 7%; two related to dengue fever, the first one (From the following actions to prevent dengue fever, which is not appropriate) with 8% and the second (Which of the following is not an option to protect ourselves from mosquito bites) with 35% ; on a scale of 0 to 12 the average was 6.7 ± 1.8 and no statistical significant differences by age, sex and previous education were found. Conclusion: It is necessary to implement programs that increase And strengthen knowledge about healthy housing, empowerment, adaptation, management, use and home maintenance and its surroundings, safely and with quality, as well as guidance to promote healthy protective practices, promoting health and preventing domestic accidents and diseases, by discouraging attitudes and habits that may constitute a risk for the family and home.
- Subjects
PUBLIC health research; PUBLIC health communication; MEDICAL communication; HEALTH attitudes; HEALTH behavior; HEALTH literacy; HEALTH promotion
- Publication
Revista Salud UIS, 2014, Vol 46, Issue 2, p169
- ISSN
0121-0807
- Publication type
Article