Binukumar Bhaskarapillai, Rajeeb K Mishra, Girish N Rao, Radhakrishnan Govindan
Beliefs and expectations on digital learning and examinations among adult learners of a tertiary level health-care institution
Journal of education and health promotion
adequate knowledge positive attitude toward menopause important women tackle changes related menopause even though women experience menopause stage life teachers face difficulties female employees due nature roles eritrea menopause given little attention hence gaps exist concerning womens knowledge attitude effects health education subject study aimed assessing effect health education knowledge attitude menopause among middleaged teachers elementary junior secondary schools asmara eritrea semiexperimental design preintervention immediate postintervention threemonth follow test used study data collected 99 middle age teachers using stratified random sampling intervention done using lectures group discussions brochures handouts data sociodemographics knowledge attitude collected using predesigned questionnaire effect educational training threetime points evaluated repeated measure anova using spss version 22 mean scores correct knowledge preintervention immediate postintervention 3months followup 12322 sd 306 17322 sd 321 16522 sd 252 respectively significant difference scores knowledge threetime points observed due educational intervention statistical significance p 00001 posthoc analysis revealed knowledge score immediately intervention significantly greater preintervention p 00001 3months followup p 0004 mean scores attitude threetime points 27945 sd 514 28345sd 525 283245sd 512 educational intervention brought change mean scores attitude threetime point statistical significance p 00001 posthoc analysis revealed attitude scores immediate postintervention also significant p 0001 3months follow p 00001 higher preintervention structured educational intervention beneficial studied women intensifying knowledge tuning toward positive attitude hence proper health education programs regarding menopause strongly recommended