Assessment Of Knowledge About Osteoprosis Among Female Clerks In Faculty Of Medecine, Zagazig University

Osteoporosis has recently been recognized as a major public health problem. It is no longer confined to the growing older population but has implications for all age groups. Hence, increasing knowledge of osteoporosis should be a priority for future intervention programs in order to promote specific behavioral strategies for osteoporosis prevention.An intervention study(Health Education) which was carried out on female clerks in Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, during the period from January 2011 to June 2011.Results:There was a lack of knowledge about osteoporosis among our studied sample. There was inadequate knowledge about osteoporosis (57.5%) of our studied sample. There was statistically significant improvement in all items concerning knowledge about osteoporosis (P< 0.000) among interventional group of our studied sample who took health education sessions ,compared to control group who did not take any intervention .Recommendations: Periodic follow up of the same participants, all channels of the national mass media could efficiently be utilized to raise awareness of general population about osteoporosis to ensure proper prevention, early detection and treatment of disease and we need other researches to assess the practice of this group to insist on the permanent change of knowledge and attitude about osteoporosis.