ERIC Number: EJ1434811
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Aug
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1059-8405
EISSN: EISSN-1546-8364
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward Ticks and Tickborne Disease among Healthcare Professionals Working in Schools in New York and Maryland
Kristen Howard; Alyssa Beck; Alison Kaufman; Heather Rutz; Jeré Hutson; David Crum; Adam Rowe; Grace Marx; Alison Hinckley; Jennifer White
Journal of School Nursing, v40 n4 p372-379 2024
Healthcare Professionals Working in Schools (HPWS) are responsible for providing health services to students and play a role in providing education to prevent illnesses, including tickborne diseases (TBD). Providing TBD education to children has been shown to increase prevention behaviors and knowledge of TBD symptoms, but little is known regarding the current state of TBD awareness among HPWS. In spring 2019 we conducted a cross-sectional knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) survey of HPWS in two states with a high incidence of Lyme disease (LD) to inform design of TBD prevention programs. The survey queried general knowledge of TBDs, school practices regarding TBDs, and availability of TBD resources. Overall, higher confidence, experience, risk perception, prior training on TBD, and more years employed as a HPWS were independently associated with knowledge of LD transmission, symptoms, and correct tick removal practices. State and local health departments should consider prioritizing engagement with HPWS to provide educational opportunities about tickborne diseases.
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Knowledge Level, Attitudes, Health Services, Diseases, School Nurses, Personnel Evaluation, Educational Policy, Health Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (DHHS/NIH); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (DHHS/PHS); US Department of Energy
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: New York; Maryland
Grant or Contract Numbers: UL1TR002384