The Impact of Some Healthy Initiatives on Rural Population in Assiut Governorate

This study aims to identify the sources of knowledge of the 
respondents about health initiatives and the reasons for their 
interest in it, measure the degree of social and administrative 
evaluation of health initiatives, identify the obstacles facing these 
initiatives from the point of view of the respondents, identify some 
suggestions to increase the effectiveness of these initiatives, and 
finally determine the degree of benefit of the respondents from 
health initiatives and the factors affecting it. To achieve the aim of 
the study, A representative sample of the beneficiaries of the 
initiatives under study was drawn from the records of the Health 
Directorate in the governorate, where the number of those who 
were examined and confirmed to have the disease was determined. 
Manfalut Center was chosen as the largest center in the number of 
infected cases, then the village of Bani Rafi was chosen as the 
largest village in the number of infected cases. Frequencies and 
percentages for the preparation of characterization and presentation 
tables, as well as using simple and multiple correlation coefficients 
to test the validity of hypotheses. The results showed that 
television is the main source of knowledge, and the most important 
reason for the respondents' interest in both initiatives is the desire 
to check on health on the one hand, and to receive treatment on the 
other hand, in addition to saving time, effort and cost. It was also 
found that the social evaluation of both initiatives was high, and 
that the most important obstacles The complexity of some 
examination procedures and some matters related to the medical 
team, and it was found that both initiatives have contributed well to 
the direct benefit of the respondents who have the disease by saving 
time, effort and hardship of moving across different distances, and 
the cost of transportation for the patient and his companions, and 
the cost of examination and follow-up, and the cost of medicines, 
in addition to healing More than half of the study sample