Short stature is a low height for age of the child compared to the standard child of the same age. Short stature children experience impaired physical and mental development, low immunity, impaired nutrition and health, and low academic achievement, impact in productivity. Aim of the study: Evaluating the effect of educational program on Mothers ‘Knowledge and Reported Practices regarding their Children suffering from Short Stature. Research design: Quasi-experimental design was utilized. Settings: The current study was performed in Outpatient of Endocrinology Clinic at Benha University Hospital and Health Insurance Hospital at benha city. Sample: A purposive sample of 70 mothers and their children suffering from short stature. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used, tool I: A structured interview questionnaire sheet consisted of 3 parts, part one: Mothers’ characteristics, part two: Children characteristics and part three: Mothers’knowledge regarding short stature, tool II: Mother s' reported practice regarding short stature and tool III: Mothers’ attitude towards short stature. Results: There was a highly statistical significant improvement was observed between total level of mothers' knowledge, reported practice and attitude score regarding their children with short stature in post when compared with pre-educational program implementation. Conclusion: The educational program were effective in improving mothers’ knowledge, reported practice and attitude regarding their children with short stature post educational program implementation compared to pre- educational program implementation. Recommendations: Develop and implement health educational programs to maintain maternal health during pregnancy, stress management training program should be given to short stature children to relieve their psychological problems and future researches should be replicated on a large sample of mothers in different setting which are needed for generalization of the obtained results. |
