Effect of Health Education Programme on the Knowledge of and Attitude about Sickle Cell Anaemia among Male Secondary School Students in the Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia: Health Policy Implications

Table 4

Baseline and post-intervention answers to attitude questions.

Attitude parameter		Strongly; Agree	Agree	Undecided	Disagree	Strongly; Disagree	Total	P value
Support; consanguineous marriage	Pre-test	9 (7.5%)	19 (15.8%)	64 (53.3%)	18 (15.0%)	10 (8.3%)	100%	0.72
	Post-test	14 (11.7%)	23 (19.2%)	44 (36.7%)	19 (15.8%)	20 (16.7%)	100%
Support; pre-marriage screening	Pre-test	71 (59.2%)	31 (25.8%)	13 (10.8%)	3 (2.5%)	2 (1.7%)	100%	0.48
	Post-test	84 (70.0%)	17 (14.2%)	13 (10.8%)	3 (2.5%)	3 (2.5%)	100%
Proceed with risky marriage	Pre-test	5 (4.2%)	22 (18.3%)	35 (29.2%)	45 (37.5%)	13 (10.8%)	100%	0.88
	Post-test	14 (11.7%)	20 (16.7%)	27 (22.5%)	31 (25.8%)	28 (23.3%)	100%
Support banning risky marriage by law	Pre-test	19 (15.8%)	17 (14.2%)	42 (35.0%)	26 (21.7%)	16 (13.3%)	100%	0.30
	Post-test	14 (11.7%)	17 (14.2%)	49 (40.8%)	18 (15.0%)	22 (18.3%)	100%

Wilcoxon signed-rank test