Submitted By 4th year studentSubmitted By 4th year studentWisam Aqel Wisam Aqel Assad Al- deenAssad Al- deen Hussein Mahameed Hussein Mahameed Ehab AnbrEhab Anbr

Supervised By:

Dr Adnan Sarhan Miss. Marim Al-tall

1st semester 2008 _2009

Hepatitis B knowledge among 4th Hepatitis B knowledge among 4th year student at AN-najah year student at AN-najah

National universityNational university

overview of hepatitisoverview of hepatitis

Hepatitis Is defined as inflammation of theHepatitis Is defined as inflammation of the liver caused by certain viruses and otherliver caused by certain viruses and other factors, such as alcohol abuse, some factors, such as alcohol abuse, some medications and trauma that describe over allmedications and trauma that describe over all world and then Palestine. world and then Palestine.

Although many cases of hepatitis are not aAlthough many cases of hepatitis are not a serious threat to health, infection withserious threat to health, infection with certain hepatitis viruses can become certain hepatitis viruses can become chronic (long-lasting) and can sometimes chronic (long-lasting) and can sometimes lead to liver failure and deathlead to liver failure and death..

There are four major types of viral hepatitis, There are four major types of viral hepatitis, all caused by different viruses:all caused by different viruses:

hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and deltahepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and delta hepatitis. This "Health Beat" focuses on hepatitishepatitis. This "Health Beat" focuses on hepatitis B.B.

MethodologyMethodology

Study population :Study population :

Population of this study involves bothPopulation of this study involves bothmale and female 4th years students of male and female 4th years students of An-Najah National University.An-Najah National University.

Design:Design:

A descriptive non experimental studyA descriptive non experimental study

Research problem :Research problem :Assessment knowledge and practices of 4Assessment knowledge and practices of 4 thth

year students at An-Najah nationalyear students at An-Najah national university regarded hepatitis B.university regarded hepatitis B.

Problem statement:Problem statement:Are their any relation between students Are their any relation between students

knowledge and practice regarded hepatitisknowledge and practice regarded hepatitis

The Hypothesis :The Hypothesis :

1.1. . There exist no significant differences,. There exist no significant differences, in the in the significance level 0.05, of significance level 0.05, of knowledge among knowledge among forth years studenforth years studen of An-Najah student and the of An-Najah student and the college.college.

2. . There exist no significant differences, in the 2. . There exist no significant differences, in the significance level 0.05, of knowledge and significance level 0.05, of knowledge and practice among forth years student of An-practice among forth years student of An-

Najah student and the collegeNajah student and the college..

Purpose :Purpose :To evaluate knowledge and practice of 4To evaluate knowledge and practice of 4 thth

years students about hepatitis B.years students about hepatitis B.

Objectives :Objectives : * determine the level of students knowledge* determine the level of students knowledge * determine the deference in level of knowledge * determine the deference in level of knowledge

between social and scientific knowledge to find between social and scientific knowledge to find out the students practices regarded infection out the students practices regarded infection control measures. control measures.

Questionnaire :Questionnaire : Demographic variables (age, gender , Demographic variables (age, gender ,

specialist scientific and social , and student specialist scientific and social , and student who registration number were 105.who registration number were 105.

The first 6 question were about social status, The first 6 question were about social status, the question from 7 to 20 are measure the question from 7 to 20 are measure knowledge level of students regard hepatitis B knowledge level of students regard hepatitis B the other question are proposed to identify the the other question are proposed to identify the practice and perception students about practice and perception students about hepatitis B hepatitis B

The Results of the studyThe Results of the study

The result of the questions:The result of the questions:

The aim of this study is to Assessment ofThe aim of this study is to Assessment ofknowledge level about hepatitis B among 4th knowledge level about hepatitis B among 4th years student at An-Najah National University inyears student at An-Najah National University inorder to achieve these purposes the questionerorder to achieve these purposes the questionerdeveloped and verifying its validity, and after thedeveloped and verifying its validity, and after thedata collect the relevant data were analyzed and data collect the relevant data were analyzed and

entered to the statistical model using SPSS... entered to the statistical model using SPSS...

Discussion the Results of the hypothesisDiscussion the Results of the hypothesis

In order to study the truth of theIn order to study the truth of thehypotheses “There exist no significanthypotheses “There exist no significant differences, in the significance level 0.05 ofdifferences, in the significance level 0.05 of knowledge among forth years student ofknowledge among forth years student of An-Najah student and the college..” We useAn-Najah student and the college..” We use crostabtables and chi_ square testcrostabtables and chi_ square test

we notice that 60% of samples who are inwe notice that 60% of samples who are in scientific college have moderate evaluation ofscientific college have moderate evaluation of knowledge ,23.3% low evaluation andknowledge ,23.3% low evaluation and 16.7% of them have high evaluation ,and16.7% of them have high evaluation ,and 70% of samples who are in social college70% of samples who are in social college have low evaluation of knowledge and 30% have low evaluation of knowledge and 30% moderate evaluation and there is no one moderate evaluation and there is no one case of social college have high evaluation…case of social college have high evaluation…

And according to Chi-Square Tests between And according to Chi-Square Tests between College and evaluation of student knowledge College and evaluation of student knowledge about hepatitis Babout hepatitis B

we notice the level of significance (0.003) is we notice the level of significance (0.003) is smaller than 0.05, so we reject the hypothesis smaller than 0.05, so we reject the hypothesis and conclude that " There exist a significant and conclude that " There exist a significant differences, in the significance level 0.05, of differences, in the significance level 0.05, of knowledge among forth years student of An-knowledge among forth years student of An-Najah student and the college Najah student and the college

second hypothesis:second hypothesis:In order to study the truth of the In order to study the truth of the hypotheses “There exist no significant hypotheses “There exist no significant differences, in the significance level 0.05, of differences, in the significance level 0.05, of knowledge and practice among forth years knowledge and practice among forth years student of An-Najah student and the student of An-Najah student and the collegecollege...” We use crostabtables and chi .” We use crostabtables and chi square test. square test.

According to Cross tabulation betweenAccording to Cross tabulation betweenof knowledge and practice among forth of knowledge and practice among forth years student of An-Najah student andyears student of An-Najah student and the collegethe college..

we notice that the student who have good practice we notice that the student who have good practice and in scientific college 64.3% of them have and in scientific college 64.3% of them have moderate evaluation ,17.9% low evaluation and moderate evaluation ,17.9% low evaluation and 17.9% of them have high evaluation ,in the other 17.9% of them have high evaluation ,in the other hand the student who have good practice and in hand the student who have good practice and in social college 66.7% of them have low evaluation social college 66.7% of them have low evaluation , 17.9% of them have moderate evaluation and , 17.9% of them have moderate evaluation and there is no one case of who have good practice and there is no one case of who have good practice and in social collage have high evaluation in social collage have high evaluation

From the chi square tests we notice theFrom the chi square tests we notice the level of significance (0.002) is smaller thanlevel of significance (0.002) is smaller than 0.05, so we reject the hypothesis and 0.05, so we reject the hypothesis and conclude that " There exist a significantconclude that " There exist a significant differences, in the significance level 0.05, ofdifferences, in the significance level 0.05, of knowledge and good practice among forthknowledge and good practice among forth years student of An-Najah student and theyears student of An-Najah student and the collegecollege..