Primary School Teachers Knowledge towards Coronavirus Disease

Background: There has been a rapid rise in cases of COVID-19 infection and its mortality rate since the first case reported in February 2020. This led to a global health threat, causing an ongoing pandemic in many countries and territories and consequence of school closures and reopening is the widening of inequalities in childrens health and education outcomes. Aim: To assess the teachers' knowledge of primary schools about coronavirus disease in Baghdad City, Iraq. Methods: This study is a complementary section of a larger study, where a quasi-experimental design using test-retest approach for study group and control group participants employed in Al- Rusafa Directorate in Baghdad city being, evaluated in several periods, in this pare the focus is only upon the pre-test period. Data collection is done by self-administrated questionnaire form, and it was given for teachers to answer after taking their agreement. A non - probability purposive sample selected from Primary Schools Teachers. The sample was seventy teachers, (35) teachers enrolled as a control group and (35) teachers enrolled as a study group. The study group participants were exposed to an educational program. The selection criteria included Only Teachers who did not enter coronavirus disease training courses. Results: The finding of this study revealed that teachers have low level of knowledge regarding Coronavirus Disease at the pre-test. Conclusion: This study concluded teachers knowledge of Coronavirus Disease is suboptimal Thus, teachers need to be well informed and encouraged to sustain current levels of preventive measures. Government needs to provide schools with adequate preventive commodities to ensure compliance.