Nisha Jha|Omi Bajracharya|P Ravi Shankar
Knowledge, attitude and practice towards medicines among school teachers in Lalitpur district, Nepal before and after an educational intervention
KIST Medical College|KIST Medical College|KIST Medical College
studies regarding knowledge attitude practice kap towards medicines among school teachers carried nepal obtaining baseline kap important note deficiencies plan appropriate interventions school teachers know medicines important source information rational safe use medicines department clinical pharmacology kist medical college lalitpur conducted study regarding kap school teachers medicines educational intervention april 2011 december 2011the study done selected schools lalitpur district teachers selected voluntary basis obtaining written informed consent gender ethnic caste group native place age educational qualifications subject taught noted educational intervention using combination methods like presentations brainstorming sessions interactive discussions using posters distribution information leaflets use medicines conducted kap overall scores among subgroups according gender age level education subject ethnicity type school primary vs secondary government vs private school studied kap overall scores intervention compared using wilcoxon signed ranks test scores normally distributeda total 393 teachers participated intervention median interquartile range knowledge attitude practice scores intervention 63 10 23 5 270 48 respectively overall score 356 median knowledge attitude practice scores intervention 71 10 28 5 270 48 respectively overall score increased 369 maximum possible score knowledge attitude practice 100 40 320 respectively scores improved significantly knowledge p0001 attitude p0001 total scores p0001 practice p0528the intervention effective improving knowledge attitude teachers studies among school teachers knowledge attitude practice medicines required nepal