awareness

Specialists revealed to “The Citizen” that visual, audio and read awareness against the new Corona disease led to the promotion of many healthy behaviors within families.

They pointed out that the emerging corona disease has devoted many health concepts within the community in general, and the family in particular, and therefore it can be confirmed that the compass of behaviors has changed by 100%.

Behaviors for the better

Family and community medicine consultant Dr. Khaled Bawaked said, since the spread of the disease, awareness was not limited to the community level, but rather included how to take prevention within the family and at home, based on the fact that basic awareness starts from within the family environment, for example, if a family member has regular influenza What should he do, besides the privacy of using his personal tools such as towel, comb, water glasses, etc.

He continued: We can say that it was 100% enhanced through the awareness programs that came during the spread of Corona, adding, “Unfortunately, some are very lenient with health requirements even if they are inside their home, and this is a mistake because they are thus vulnerable to viruses and germs.”

Bawaked stressed that the new Corona virus has strengthened many concepts of prevention in how to avoid diseases and viruses, whether inside or outside the home, and how to deal with patients inside the home to avoid the spread of infection, and we have seen the great effort made by the Ministry of Health and other health authorities in educating the community through information and short videos, and certainly All these data are enough to devote awareness.

Strengthening family bonding

For his part, consultant psychiatrist, Dr. Muhammad Ijaz Prasha, says, the dimensions of combating the emerging corona virus were not limited to the medical aspect only, but there are social and psychological aspects that have strengthened bonding within the family environment, the most important of which is the presence of all family members together more than in the past, and everyone’s access to health awareness doses, And correcting many wrong health behaviors, including making sure to wash hands continuously, avoiding the use of others’ tools, not wearing others’ clothes, and making sure that the house and windows are clean to prevent dust particles from entering.

He stressed that all families are now able to implement health procedures within the home and how to act in the event of a patient being infected, especially that health awareness programs are implemented in innovative ways and methods, whether with short videos or infographics, all of which help in delivering the correct health information to the recipient.

Changing healthy behaviors

Professor of Education, Dr. Najm Al-Din Al-Andijani, agrees with the previous opinions and says: Certainly all families have sensed the change in health, social and educational behaviors within their homes, and this was not limited to our society, but to all societies of the countries of the world. Hence, awareness was the size of the universe to confront the disease.

And Al-Andijani stressed that the spread of social media led to the spread of health awareness, whether in the family or the community, at lightning speed, and all of this inevitably helped to change many behaviors and misconceptions.