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Abstract
The main objectives of this study were to assess rural women’s KAP pertaining to HPAI; investigate the relationships among women’s KAP; investigate the relationship between (Knowledge, Attitudes& Practices and the studied independent variables, which include (age, education, number of males and females in the family, family size, size of land holding, and diversity of poultry and domestic farm animals); identify the main source of information that respondents relied upon and their habits of exposure to various media.
The study was conducted in the seven villages of the local unit of Sandanhour, Banha District, Qalubiya Governorate. A simple random sample of 286 rural females (the main category handling house poultry) was drawn from the total number of families in the seven villages. Data were collected during personal interviews with each of the selected females by using a questionnaire designed and pre-tested for achieving the study objectives.
Results revealed that:
Statistically significant (+) relationships were found between respondents’ K and A (r = 0.187), K and P (r = 0.228), A and P (r = 0.371); and between each of the respondents’ K, A, P and the respondents’ education (r = 0.203, 0.206, and 0.167 respectively).
Significant (-) relationships were found between respondents’ A and: age (r = -0.152), diversity of domestic animals (r = -0.138), number of males in the family (r = -0.119); between respondents’ P and: diversity of poultry (r = -0.139), diversity of domestic animals (r = -0.131).
Generally, respondents’ K was insufficient since 7%, 21%, and 50% of them had very low, low, and medium levels of K, respectively. Respondents’ A need to be improved since nearly three fourths (6%, 29% and 39%) of them had very low, low and medium levels of A. Respondents’ P levels were considerably low since the majority of the respondents (8%, 33% and 42%) had very low, low and medium levels of practices, respectively.
It was found that TV and self-experience were the main sources of information that respondents relied upon, while printed materials, VEWs, and veterinary unit have played a weak role in raising awareness of AI. TV was the most commonly used media (93%), followed by radio (47.6%) and then newspaper (22.4%). Regarding posters, 42% of respondents have seen posters about AI. Additionally, only 15% of respondents confirmed that they got leaflets about AI