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Project No. 198 (C-2002/3)The Effect of Health Promotion Posters on Females in PHCs in Al AinStudent Authors: Fatema Saif Abdulla Abdulaziz Al-Shamesi, Fareeda ismail Moh'dAhmed Al-Hosani, Lemya Rashid Matar Abdalla Al-ZaabiFaculty Supervisors: Dr. M. Newson-Smith, Dr. M. M. HossainAbstract:Objective To investigate the effectiveness of health promotion posters on femalesattending PHCs.Methods An interviewer- administered questionnaire of 22 questions was used.Results Of the total 1 00 females, 93% of them notice the posters while waiting for thedoctor in the PHC clinics and 6% didn't notice the posters. 50% of them noticed (1-4)posters, while 30% noticed (5-9) posters. Neither severity of the illness, noraccompanied person had impact on noticing the posters. It has been shown thatmarried females are more interested in reading posters than single females (P value =0.023). Age group between 40 and 45 was found to be more interested in readingnutrition posters than other age groups (p value = 0.033). Housewives were moreinterested in reading pregnancy posters (p value = 0.019). In addition, Marriedfemales were more interested in reading pregnancy posters than single women (pvalue = 0.007). It was found that married women benefit from posters more thansingle females and they think that posters increase their knowledge (p value = 0.034)and change their behavior (p value = 0.026).Conclusions The findings of this study showed that posters have a positive impact onfemales as many of them found posters useful in health promotion and education.