How Prepared Are Nigerian Schools for Ebola Virus Disease Prevention and Control?

<p>Background</p><p>Nigeria was one of the West African countries gripped by the fear of the spread of the Ebola virus disease (EVD), leading to a long period of delay in resumption of primary and secondary schools for academic activities in September 2014. The aim of this study wa...

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Autores principales:	Adebimpe Wasiu Olalekan, Efuntoye Adeola
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e9c4f4f29642423c817d15a1bf971c592021-12-02T02:20:31ZHow Prepared Are Nigerian Schools for Ebola Virus Disease Prevention and Control?2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2015.02.001https://doaj.org/article/e9c4f4f29642423c817d15a1bf971c592015-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2084https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996<p>Background</p><p>Nigeria was one of the West African countries gripped by the fear of the spread of the Ebola virus disease (EVD), leading to a long period of delay in resumption of primary and secondary schools for academic activities in September 2014. The aim of this study was to assess the preparedness of schools in the north central region of Nigeria toward EVD prevention and control within 1 month of resumption of schools.</p><p>Methods</p><p>This was a descriptive cross-sectional study among 76 schools selected using a multistage sampling method. Research instruments were self-administered, semi-structured questionnaires. Data was analyzed using the SPSS software version 17.0.</p><p>Findings</p><p>Half (38) of the schools reported that some of the children could have traveled to EVD-infected areas during the holiday period; 77.6% (59) had their teachers formally trained on EVD prevention and control before resumption; 50% (38) set up a committee on EVD prevention; and 62.9% (63) carried out awareness-raising activities on school assembly ground. Based on some preventive measures criteria, 55.2% (42) were categorized ready, whereas 44.7% (34) were not ready for EVD prevention and control within 1 month of resumption of students back to school. About 76.3% (58) said they would like to sustain these EVD prevention efforts; 14.5% (11) would like to sustain such efforts at least until the end of the present term. Determinants of readiness for EVD prevention and control include being a private school, being an urban school, belief that children could have traveled to an EVD-infected area, and school having standard operating procedure or policy guidelines on EVD prevention and control.</p><p>Conclusion</p><p>The persistent call for postponement of school resumption might have been due to the unpreparedness of many of schools to meet EVD prevention and control guidelines. Schools need to take more proactive and sustainable measures toward effective control of the ongoing epidemic and prevention of future occurrences.Adebimpe Wasiu OlalekanEfuntoye AdeolaUbiquity PressarticleEbola virus diseasepreparednessprevention and controlschoolsInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 80, Iss 6, Pp 452-457 (2015)
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spellingShingle	Ebola virus disease preparedness prevention and control schools Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Adebimpe Wasiu Olalekan Efuntoye Adeola How Prepared Are Nigerian Schools for Ebola Virus Disease Prevention and Control?
description	<p>Background</p><p>Nigeria was one of the West African countries gripped by the fear of the spread of the Ebola virus disease (EVD), leading to a long period of delay in resumption of primary and secondary schools for academic activities in September 2014. The aim of this study was to assess the preparedness of schools in the north central region of Nigeria toward EVD prevention and control within 1 month of resumption of schools.</p><p>Methods</p><p>This was a descriptive cross-sectional study among 76 schools selected using a multistage sampling method. Research instruments were self-administered, semi-structured questionnaires. Data was analyzed using the SPSS software version 17.0.</p><p>Findings</p><p>Half (38) of the schools reported that some of the children could have traveled to EVD-infected areas during the holiday period; 77.6% (59) had their teachers formally trained on EVD prevention and control before resumption; 50% (38) set up a committee on EVD prevention; and 62.9% (63) carried out awareness-raising activities on school assembly ground. Based on some preventive measures criteria, 55.2% (42) were categorized ready, whereas 44.7% (34) were not ready for EVD prevention and control within 1 month of resumption of students back to school. About 76.3% (58) said they would like to sustain these EVD prevention efforts; 14.5% (11) would like to sustain such efforts at least until the end of the present term. Determinants of readiness for EVD prevention and control include being a private school, being an urban school, belief that children could have traveled to an EVD-infected area, and school having standard operating procedure or policy guidelines on EVD prevention and control.</p><p>Conclusion</p><p>The persistent call for postponement of school resumption might have been due to the unpreparedness of many of schools to meet EVD prevention and control guidelines. Schools need to take more proactive and sustainable measures toward effective control of the ongoing epidemic and prevention of future occurrences.
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title	How Prepared Are Nigerian Schools for Ebola Virus Disease Prevention and Control?
title_short	How Prepared Are Nigerian Schools for Ebola Virus Disease Prevention and Control?
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How Prepared Are Nigerian Schools for Ebola Virus Disease Prevention and Control?

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