Fatma Betül Ay İZ, Hüseyin ELBİ, Fatih Sinan ÖZCAN

Investigation of Knowledge Levels of Neonatal Screening Programs in Medical Faculty Staff

Newborn screening tests are an important preventive public health program that provides early detection of the treatable dise ases of infants. This study was carried out to investigate the knowledge levels of health workers and administrative staff on neonatal screening programs. Our research is a descriptive study. The sample wasn’t selected, and a questionnaire was conducted to 365 people in a period of about 2 months. The questionnaire used in the research consists of 20 questions prepared by searching the literature to measure the information of participants about neonatal screening programs. 89.04% and 10.95% of the employees participating in our study are health staff and administrative sta ff, respectively. 69% of the participants were female, and the average age was 33,13. 66% of the participants in the study had service years of 10 years o r less while 44% had service years of 11 years and longer. The largest group of the participants in the study is research assistants (28.4%) and the second largest group is nurses (22.1%). The total of General Administrative services, technical services and auxiliary servic es is 10,94%. It was seen that 98.4% of the participants were aware of the newborn screening tests. It can be concluded that both physicians and assistant health staff have high knowledge about subjects and applications related to newborn screening tests. However, it is noteworthy that some non-health staff members have inaccurate knowledge and thoughts about some applications related to newborn screening tests.

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