The social impact of the Egyptian Women’s Health Initiative on rural women in Sohag Governorate

The study aimed to identify the sources of the respondents’ knowledge about 
health initiatives in general and the Egyptian Women’s Health Initiative in Sohag 
Governorate in particular and the reasons for their acceptance of them, measure 
the degree of social evaluation of health initiatives, identify the obstacles facing 
these initiatives from the point of view of the respondents, identify some 
proposals to increase their effectiveness, and finally determine the degree of 
benefit. The subjects included health initiatives and the factors affecting them .
To achieve the goal of the study, a representative sample of the beneficiaries of 
the initiative, the subject of the study, was drawn from the records of the Health 
Directorate in Sohag Governorate, where the number of those who were examined 
and confirmed to have the disease was determined, in the Egyptian Women’s 
Health Support Initiative, and the largest numbers infected and examined at the 
level of the governorate centers were determined, where they were chosen. AlBalina Center was considered the largest center in the number of infected cases, 
then the village of Al-Halafi was chosen as it was the largest village in the number 
of infected cases. Data was collected through a personal interview using a 
questionnaire form during the period (July 2023 - September 2023), which was 
transcribed and analyzed using frequencies and percentages to prepare Description 
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 primary source of knowledge about the 
initiative, and it was found that the most important reasons for the respondents’ 
interest in the Egyptian Women’s Health Initiative were the desire of rural women 
to be reassured about 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 the initiative was high, and the most important obstacles were the 
complexity of some examination procedures and some matters related to the 
medical team. It was also found that the initiative had contributed well to the 
direct benefit of the subjects with the disease by saving time, effort and the hassle 
of moving across different distances, the cost of transportation for the patient and 
her companions, and the cost of examination and follow-up. And the cost of 
medications