1. HEALTH PROMOTION QUESTIONNAIRES IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN SLOVAKIA

2. Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Košice, Slovakia. University of P.J.Šafarik, Košice, Slovakia. PHARE Local Expert, Ministry of Health, Slovakia Rimárová Kvetoslava

5. METHDOLOGY AND MATERIAL 1. KAP QUESTIONNAIRES FOR PHYSICIANS AND NURSES standardised international questionnaires K... knowledge7 questions A... attitude6 questions P... practice3 questions 2. FREQUENCY OF RESPONDENTS 658 COMPLETE QUESTIONNAIRES 52.6 % of nurses, 47,4 % of physicians 83,9 % females, 16,1 % males physicians 66,7 % females33,3 % males nurses99,4 % females0,6 % males

6. 3. DATA COLLECTION AND RESPOND RATE by personal visit89 %... respond rate... 98 % by mail11 %... respond rate... 67 % 4. FREQUENCY RURAL AND URBAN urban 62 % rural 48 % covering all districts of Slovakia 5. databases created and analyzed in STATA and EPI - INFO 6. results, graphs and tables MS WORD and MS EXCELL

7. KAP TEST RESULTS

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16. KAP TEST ATTITUDE QUESTIONS A8 - WHO

18. KAP TEST PRACTICE QUESTIONS P16 MY WORK p < 0.001

19. Conclusions and practical issues: 1. K - Knowledge questions show not sufficient knowledge of prevention and health promotion among primary health care workers more expressed, of course, in the group of nurses despite sufficient curricula on both university and secondary school level 2. A - Attitude questions show higher preference of curative measures in the work of PHT,preference of health aspects in the community development and responsibility both physicians and patient for own health 3. P - Practice questions show problem in the system of proportion between preventive and curative measures where is stressed the shortage of time to make a preventive measure and also a lack of education and legal gaps 4. In the KAP test analysis there are no age statistical difference, the primary health care workers were divided into 3 age groups (20-35, 36-49, 50 an more)

20. Practical issue and support of PHARE: 1. Interactive 3 weeks seminar for specialists working in health promotion with foreign lecturers 2. List to the Ministry of Health to support preventive activities 3. Recommendation for health insurance companies to support prevention also on financial level

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