利比亚人对自闭症谱系障碍的知识和意识
Ariej M Mustafa1,2, Dhiba S Grifa1,3, Afaf Shebani1,2
1National Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Autistic Children.
Journal of public health in Africa
|January 23, 2024
概括
利比亚成年人对自闭症原因的了解很低,社交媒体用户对自闭症的理解较低. 然而,对自闭症症状的认识是很好的,强调需要社区对原因和特征的教育.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 是一种影响社会沟通和互动的神经发育状况.
- 了解公众的知识和意识对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
- 之前对利比亚自闭症知识的研究是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 评估利比亚一般人口对ASD的知识和意识.
- 确定有关ASD的信息来源.
- 探索与自闭症知识和意识相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 从2022年3月到8月进行了一项横截面研究.
- 使用了一个自我管理的问卷.
- 来自利比亚不同地区的2195名成年人 (年龄18岁以上) 参与了调查.
主要成果:
- 74.8%的参与者对自闭症原因的了解很少.
- 那些依赖社交媒体获取信息的人,知识水平显著降低 (78.9%).
- 57.9%的人表现出对自闭症症状和迹象的良好认识.
结论:
- 利比亚的普通人口对ASD的原因和特征的理解有限.
- 专注于ASD病因学的社区宣传倡议是优先考虑的.
- 需要有针对性的教育策略来提高公众对自闭症谱系障碍的理解.
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