Effectiveness of Health Educational Program on Mothers’ Awareness regarding Care for Children with Cerebral Palsy at Benha City.

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1 M.Sc. of Nursing Science, (2022), Faculty of Nursing-Benha University, Specialist Nurse at Kafr El-Sheikh General Hospital

2 Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Benha University, Egypt

10.21608/jnsbu.2025.444814

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     Background: Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of physical disability in children and responsible for permanent activity limitation. Mothers are expected to be extensively care giver of children with cerebral palsy at home. Aim of the study: Was to evaluate the effectiveness of health educational program on mothers’ awareness regarding care for children with cerebral palsy. Research design: Quasi-experimental study design was utilized in the study. Setting: The study was conducted at Neurology Pediatric Outpatient Clinics in Benha University Hospital, and Children Specialized Hospital in Benha City. Sample: Purposive sample of 125 mothers having children with cerebral palsy. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used in this study. Tool I: A structured interviewing questionnaire was used to assess a): Mothers socio-demographic characteristics and personal characteristics of the studied children with cerebral palsy, b): Medical history of the studied children with CP, c): Mothers’ knowledge regarding cerebral palsy. Tool II: It was concerned with mothers’ practices regarding care for children with cerebral palsy. Tool III: It was concerned with measuring the attitude of mothers regarding cerebral palsy. Results: 8% of the studied mothers had good knowledge about cerebral palsy at pre-program and improved to 85.6% at post program implementation. However, 39.2% of the studied mothers had satisfactory total practices at pre-program compared to 69.6% at post program. 31.2%of the studied mothers had positive attitude regarding cerebral palsy at pre-program compared to 79.2% at post program. Conclusion: The health educational program succeeded to improve mothers’ awareness regarding cerebral palsy. Recommendations: Further studies should be conducted for large sample to improve mothers’ knowledge, attitude, and practices for proper dealing with their children with cerebral palsy.

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