Knowledge And Health Behavior on Occurrence/Incidence of Different Diseases (Disease Burden) Among Sudanese Refugee and migrant People: A Cross Sectional Study 2025

Abstract

Abstract and background: Refugees and migrants experience both ceremonious and unceremonious barricades to obtain health care.

More than 11.3 million people have been displaced—the largest number in the world—with over 2.3 million displaced into neighboring countries, including Chad, South Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic, and Uganda.

To provide a clearer distinction between the health situation in Sudan and in neighboring countries, this multi-country situation report will now focus on the health situation and WHO’s regional response in neighboring countries affected by the conflict. The Sudan health situation and WHO’s response covered separately in reports issued by the WHO Sudan Country Office

To provide a clearer distinction between the health situation in Sudan and in neighboring countries, this multi-country situation report will now focus on the health situation and WHO’s regional response in neighboring countries affected by the conflict. The Sudan health situation and WHO’s response covered separately in reports issued by the WHO Sudan Country Office

Objectives of theses study of the study to evaluate the knowledge and awareness on occurrence/incidence of different diseases (disease burden) among Sudanese Refugee people in Cairo province –Egypt

Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional community based study on Sudanese people (N = 150) living in Feisal city. Data was collected through face-to-face interviews, after took consent, using a translated questionnaire to Arabic local Sudanese Arabic languish questionnaire on knowledge and awareness. The simple language sampling methods have been used in this study.

Results & Discussion: A 150 Sudanese   refugee people were participated in this study where their age group between was 20-30 years (n=150, 40%).and more than 30 years was (150, 60%) female (150. 58.0%), the rest of participants was male    .About (n=150, 44.73%) were employers only (150, 4.7%).Persuaded   ideas on different communicable & non-communicable diseases found. Different participant   answered fixedly about knowledge on different health issues that are related to different diseases. Their mean knowledge was (18.000) and p value about (0.000), and regard the health behavior issue it is not satisfied their mean health behavior score was (10.1000) and p value was (93.18), that means no association between their knowledge and health behavior

Conclusion: considerable knowledge regard the disease but unfortunately in comparison with their health behavior is very low and there is no relation between their knowledge and health behavior

Recommendation: Decision makers and healthcare providers can increase health outcomes and expedite disease prevention among refigures and immigrant people by understand the factors that impact disease perception and behaviors.