Health Preventive Program regarding COVID 19 among Primary School Age Students at Benha City

Background : Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that can cause a range of symptoms including a runny nose, cough, sore throat and fever. Some are mild, such as the common cold, while others are more likely to lead to pneumonia. They are usually spread through direct contact with an infected person and it causes severe illness in around a quarter of cases and can be deadly). Aim of study: Was to evaluate the effect of health preventive program regarding COVID 19 among primary school age students at Benha City. Research design: A quasi experimental design was utilized in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at seven Governmental Primary Schools in Benha City. Which selected randomly from total 108 schools that distributed into 7 sectors, The school were selected randomly one from each sector. Sample: The total number of sample was 150 student. Tools: Tool one : Included two parts as the first part: Included personal characteristics of the children The second part: Included primary school age students' knowledge regarding the COVID 19, Tool Two: Observational checklist that included Primary school age students' practice regarding prevention of the COVID 19. Results: There were highly statistically significant differences in all items of knowledge about COVID-19 after the program implementation, there were highly statistically significant difference in all items of students' practices pre and post-program implementation. Conclusion: Health preventive program regarding COVID-19 was succeed to improve the knowledge and improved heath practices of primary school age students at Benha City. Recommendations: continues Health preventive program for students regarding COVID-19 should be provided in wide range.