The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education (한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지)
- Volume 8 Issue 1
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- Pages.55-68
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- 2007
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- 1975-7697(pISSN)
Perceived Health Knowledge, Health Education Needs, and Health Behavior Different by Grade in Some Elementary School Students
보건지식, 보건교육요구도, 보건행동 자각수준의 학년별 차이: 서울 일부지역 초등학교 고학년 학생들을 대상으로
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Park, Kyoung-Ok
(Department of Health Education & Management in Ewha Womans University)
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박경옥
(이화여자대학교 건강과학대학 보건관리학과)
- Published : 2007.06.30
Abstract
Objectives: This study was conducted to describe child perceived health knowledge, health education needs, and health behaviors by grade in a representative general characteristic and examined their associations for students' better health behaviors. Methods: The survey participants were 410 fourth to sixth grade students in two elementary schools in Seoul, Korea. A total of 12 classes in two elementary schools were randomly selected and all students of the selected classes participated in the self-administered survey. The questionnaire contained the items of perceived health knowledge, health education needs(health topics which they want to know more), health behavior, and general characteristics. Results: Perceived health knowledge, health education needs, and health behaviors were, generally, better in the
Keywords
- Perceived health knowledge;
- Health education needs;
- Health behavior;
- Child;
- Elementary school;
- Grade