Shahzad Najeeb, Syed Sajid, Saima Bibi, Shabana Sarwar, Farrukh Adeel, Ejaz Hussain.
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) of Parents about Airborne Communicable Diseases among Children.
Pak Paed J Jan ;46(1):48-53.

Objective: The study was done to assess the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) about Airborne Communicable Diseases among parents of pediatric patients in teaching hospital. Study Design: This study was descriptive and cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted over one year from 1st June 2018 to 31st May 2019 at Pediatric Department of Ayub Medical Teaching Institute, Abbottabad. Material and Methods: Parents of children (n=305) of either sex over one month age presenting with airborne communicable diseases like chicken pox, measles, mumps, pertussis and meningococcemia were included. Patient sex, age, weight, height, history of contact, schooling, vaccination status, parent`s education status and attitude documented on proforma. Data analyzed with SPSS 20 and results taken significant with chi-square p value < 0.05. Results: A total of 305 patients were enrolled in the study comprising, 187 (61.3%) males and 118 (38.7) females. Of these, 51.1% was school going children. Parents in 17.7% cases were aware of the disease transmission route. There is significant relationship between contact history with siblings and disease in-patient with p value of 0.001. There is also significant relationship between parent`s knowledge and disease in children with p value of 0.004. Conclusion: Lack of knowledge in parents regarding mode of disease transmission is the major reason for airborne diseases spread utilizing the hospital resources and burden on health system. There should be public campaign to give awareness to parents about airborne diseases spread.

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