Abstract

ACOSTA-ROMAN, Mercedes; ALARCON-SOTO, Olivia; HUAYLLANI-QUISPE, Silvia Anabel  and  ESCOBAR-VILLANUEVA, Roberto. Knowledge of parents about prevention of acute respiratory infections. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2024, vol.7, n.20, pp.429-437.  Epub May 10, 2024. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v7i20.311.

Many countries take health education as a strategy to increase the population's knowledge of disease prevention. In the case of children under 5 years of age who are vulnerable to acute respiratory infections (ARI), it is their parents who are evaluates knowledge of preventive measures for ARI. Objective: determine the level of knowledge of parents about ARI prevention in a district of Peru. Materials and methods: Basic type study, descriptive, transversal and prospective level. With a sample of 210 parents, who were chosen by convenience. The data collection technique was the survey and the instrument was a questionnaire with its two dimensions, the first dimension on preventive measures of CRED (Growth and Development) and immunizations, the second dimension on preventive measures of environmental conditions, mentioned instrument step through the validity and reliability process, then informed consent was given before applying the instrument to the study sample. Results: The ages of the parents in 71.43% are between 18 and 33 years old, the level of knowledge of the parents about ARI prevention was considered high with 45.24%, at a regular level with 31.90% and at a deficient level with 22.86%. Conclusion: The level of knowledge of parents of children under 5 years of age about ARI prevention was high at less than 50%, being higher in the sum of deficient and regular.

Keywords : Growth; Development; Vaccination; Environmental.

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