مصادر المعرفة الدوائية لدى المرأة الريفية : دراسة ميدانية علي إحدى قري محافظة سوهاج

Abstract EN

The research deals with the sources of pharmacological knowledge for rural women in the governorate of Sohag, with the aim of revealing the sources of their pharmacological knowledge, to determine the level of pharmacological knowledge that they possess, and the extent to which these sources relate and shape their pharmacological knowledge to women.

The research sample consisted of (200) women from the Eastern Juhayna village of the Juhayna Center in Sohag Governorate, chosen in a random and regular manner, and the researcher relied on the questionnaire as the main tool in collecting information The research reached a set of results summarized in that the doctor, pharmacist and family are the most important sources of drug knowledge among rural women in Sohag Governorate, and that the media, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health have not played their role in disseminating or providing drug knowledge.

The absence of the role of these ministries and institutions led to a deficiency in the level of pharmacological knowledge.

Where the study confirmed the existence of a complete direct correlation relationship with statistically significant between the sources of pharmacological knowledge and the level of pharmacological knowledge, the more the sources of knowledge the greater the level of pharmacological knowledge, and therefore the pharmacological knowledge in general