Effectiveness of an Educational Program about Premarital Medical Examination on Knowledge and Attitude among Students at Non-Medical Faculties

الملخص

Hereditary blood disorders are the main causes of infants and child death, morbidity, and disability in Arab countries. Premarital screening is one of the most important strategies for prevention of genetic disorders and congenital anomalies. This study was conducted to assess effectiveness of an educational program about premarital medical examination on knowledge and attitude among students of non-medical faculties. A quasi- experimental (pretest-posttest approach) was conducted at three faculties: faculty of Education, faculty of Economy, and faculty of Informatics engineering. 300 students of both genders from previously mentioned faculties were included in the study and they were chosen by the simple random sampling method. Data was collected during the period from 15 January 2021 to 30 July 2021 and a questionnaire consists from three parts was developed by the researcher was used.The results showed that almost all of students were in the middle average 93.3% before the program. The program was successful: Almost all of students' knowledge about premarital medical examination was markedly improved and their encouragement for obligation of examination's results was increased.Conduction of similar educational programs and activation of all available media to provide accurate information about different aspects of premarital medical examination was recommended.