The level of awareness of medical contaminants among students of Health Colleges at King Khalid University (KKU)

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the level of awareness of medical pollutants among students of health colleges at King Khalid University. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive analytical approach was used, whereby a test was built to measure the level of awareness of medical pollutants in its three domains (cognitive, skill, and emotional). Where the study sample consisted of (302) students of health colleges at King Khalid University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 The study concluded that the percentage of the level of awareness according to the responses of the study sample members to the three domains as a whole was (64%), as for all three domains of awareness separately, field No. (2) came in the first place, which states “skillful awareness of medical pollutants among students of health colleges at King Khalid University” with the highest percentage (68%), and field No. (3) came in second place, which states: "Emotional awareness of medical pollutants among students of health colleges at King Khalid University" with a percentage of (66.8%), and field No. (1) came in the last rank, which states "Knowledge awareness of medical pollutants among students of health colleges at King Khalid University" with the lowest percentage of (60). %).

The study recommends the importance of including raising the level of knowledge awareness of medical contaminants among students of health colleges, by developing adequate education strategies and policies, and including this in study plans, and the need to conduct more studies and scientific research on the level of awareness of medical contaminants among students of health colleges at different universities to identify the future proposals.