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. 2012 Dec;25(4):614–621. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.07.009

Table 3.

Components for the education intervention.

Intervention for CHWs, THs and community members Intervention for biomedical providers
• What is epilepsy? • Epidemiology of epilepsy
• Types of seizures • Definition of epilepsy, seizures and other terminologies
• Causes of epilepsy • Causes of epilepsy
• Effects of epilepsy on child development • Common precipitating factors of epilepsy
• Treatment of epilepsy: what drugs can and cannot do? • International classification of epileptic seizures
• Side effects of drugs • Diagnosis of epilepsy
• Drug safety • Differential diagnosis of epilepsy
• What to do and not to do during a seizure • Conditions co-existing with epilepsy
• When to take PWE to hospital • Management of epilepsy
• Prevention of epilepsy
• What PWE can and cannot do
• Advise to families on how to live with PWE