The Level of Health Awareness about Epidemic Diseases in Light of the Corona Virus Epidemic (Covid-19) among Students of the Basic Education Stage (Elementary-Preparatory) in some Egyptian Governorates

The aim of the current research is to know the level of healthawareness about epidemic diseases in light of the corona virus epidemic Covid-19, among students of the basic education stage (primary - preparatory) in some Egyptian governorates, and the research also aimed to identify the level of health awareness they have in three dimensions (cognitive - emotional - behavioral), as well as for each of the four health awareness axes (personal health - healthy nutrition - prevention of epidemic diseases - prevention of the corona virus epidemic Covid-19).  The research also aimed to know the effect of the variables (educational stage - type of education - gender - student governorate) on the level of health awareness among students. To achieve these goals, the researcher prepared a health awareness scale that was applied through Google Forms on a sample of (262) male and female students from the basic education stage in grades from the fourth primary to the third preparatory level in governmental, private and international education, and they were distributed in four Egyptian governorates (Cairo – Alexandria- Beheira - Sohag). The results of the research concluded that the general level of health awareness as a whole, its three dimensions and its four axes specified in the research were available with a degree higher than the required sufficiency (75%) of the research sample. The results also indicated that there are statistically significant differences at the level of (0.01) in the variable of the educational stage in favor of the preparatory stage students. And the presence of statistically significant differences at the level of (0.01) in the education type variable in favor of public education students. And the presence of statistically significant differences at the level of (0.01) in the variable of the student governorate in favor of the students of Beheira Governorate, then Alexandria, then Sohag, and finally Cairo. While the results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences in the sex variable of the research sample. The researcher recommended implementing programs and approaches to increase health awareness among students and benefiting from the high level of health awareness among students in spreading and acquiring sound health habits related to personal health, healthy nutrition and disease resistance in general and epidemic diseases in particular.