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Abstract
Background: Trachoma is an infectious disease; it begins in early childhood with repeated infection of the conjunctiva by chlamydia trachomatis, Trachoma occurs in areas with poor personal and family hygiene. Trachoma spreads easily, primarily from child to child and from child to caregiver. Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate educational health program for mothers regarding care of their preschool children with trachoma in Benha city. Design: A quasi-experimental study design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in Outpatient Clinics at Ophthalmic Hospital in Benha City. Sample: A simple random sample of 271 mothers was included in the study within 6 months. Tools: Two tools were used to collect data; Tool (I): A structured interviewing questionnaire: Which divided into two parts; Part I included four items: demographic characteristics of the studied mothers, personal characteristics of the studied children, health history of trachoma and environmental assessment as reported by mothers, Part II included knowledge of the studied mothers regarding trachoma and its prevention, Tool (II): Mothers reported practices regarding trachoma. Results: The study clarified that 34% of the studied mothers having preschool children aged 35 - < 40 years old with mean ± SD was 39.31±9.03, 72.7% of them were married, 56.1% of them didn’t work and 39.1% of the studied mothers not read and not write. 64.2% of the mothers had totally adequate knowledge and 91.9% of them had satisfactory totally reported practices for caring for their preschoolers with trachoma post program implementation. Conclusion: Utilization of health educational program achieving significant improvements in mothers’ knowledge and practices. Also, there was a positive correlation between total scores of knowledge and reported practices. Recommendations: Continuous educational health program for mothers to improve knowledge and care of their children with trachoma.