Abstract: The value of health education to the community about contagious diseases was highlighted as early as 1988 when a manual published by the World Health Organization pointed out that no other media creates such vibrant interest as tv. Television programs such as Sesame Street. We performed a comprehensive search of a large number of computerized databases restricted to the English language from inception to November, 2016 (MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Network). Search terms were related to education, infectious diseases, population, and community. This review showed that the educational interventions show efficacy for the prevention of infectious disease in community, studies using validated educational tools and that are clearly described, easily reproducible, and widely generalizable are needed. different approaches of educational showed a beneficial result such those trails among children and schoolchildren which evaluate the video images, and training programs in hygiene which showed a significant reduce of many infection diseases among the same population.
Keywords: World Health Organization, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane Network.
Title: Impact of Educational intervention to prevent infectious diseases in community medicine
Author: Maryam Mudhhi Alshehri, Salwa Mohammad Albalawi
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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