scholarly journals The World Could End Cervical Cancer if It Tried: Embracing the Power of Youth

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 126s-126s
Author(s):  
S. Krishnan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
International Association ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Screening Tests ◽  
Hpv Vaccines ◽  
School Students ◽  
Younger Generation

Background and context: The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a ubiquitous virus that causes many cancers: cervical, oropharyngeal, anal, penile, vaginal and vulvar cancers, the most serious consequence being cervical cancer that takes the life of a woman between the ages of 35-60 every two minutes in this world. There are existing tools to prevent this cancer today: at the primary prevention level, the HPV vaccines that are up to 90%-97% preventive; at the secondary level, simple screening tests including Pap test, HPV DNA testing, and VIA; and at tertiary level, effective early treatment of precancerous conditions. Yet, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the developing world. One of the main reasons for this gap is the lack of awareness that cervical cancer is a preventable public health problem. Hence, education and innovative models are necessary for successful control of this disease. The HPV vaccines are recommended between 9-26 years in males and females. Hence, our organization, The Global Initiative Against HPV and Cervical Cancer (GIAHC), decided to empower the next generation to join the fight against HPV and cervical cancer. Aim: To empower the younger generation to play a proactive role to raise awareness and increase the uptake of HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening through the use of arts in medicine and social media. Strategy/Tactics: An educational PowerPoint presentation was developed by medical and nursing students to present to middle and high school students and in other community settings. Program/Policy process: A 30-minute-long presentation was developed so that it could fit into a classroom period. A script for the presenter, a reference sheet, slides to highlight how HPV can affect both sexes, risk factors and effective ways to prevent it were developed. Emphasis was placed on the HPV vaccine for boys and girls. This was followed by a game, and a short inspirational and aspirational film and a few words to empower them. Outcomes: The program has met with good success: The presentation has been shown by our students in several states in the US and in other countries. Our student group has grown from 2 to 60 in one year. Middle and high school students also want to get involved to spread the message. Students are continually coming up with other creative ways through, dance, painting, poetry video clips and using social media to spread the message. Students of the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) and Medical Women's International Association (MWIA) have now partnered with us. The Department of Education has expressed an interest to collaborate with us. What was learned: Empowering the younger generation and providing them with the tools to play a pro active role to interweave science with various creative art forms can have far-reaching and greater impact on communities and societies to raise awareness about HPV.

scholarly journals Analyzing Awareness on Risk Factors, Barriers and Prevention of Cervical Cancer among Pairs of Nepali High School Students and Their Mothers

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 4382
Author(s):  
Kritika Poudel ◽  
Naomi Sumi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cancer Education ◽  
Screening Tests ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Screening Practice

Providing information on increased cancer risks associated with certain behaviors might encourage adolescents to initiate protective behaviors. This study firstly determined the knowledge of risk factors and prevention of cervical cancer. Secondly, it checked an association between mothers’ screening practice and student’s knowledge. A descriptive, cross sectional study was conducted among 253 pairs of high school students and their mothers. Knowledge on cervical cancer was significantly lower among students and mothers. While cancer screening tests, maintenance of hygiene were considered as major preventive measures for cervical cancer, human papilloma vaccine was the least considered preventive measure. Students who were female, attended discussions on cancer and had a healthy diet had better awareness of cancer. Mothers of female students had better knowledge about cervical cancer than mothers of male students. Less perceived susceptibility and lack of knowledge were major obstacles among mothers, limiting cervical cancer screening to 15%. Although association between knowledge of students and screening practice of mothers was not clear, it was observed that cancer communication increased awareness of cervical cancer in both groups. Our findings showed a strong need for school-based cancer education program to address the issues of human papillomavirus vaccinations, cervical cancer risk and screening.

scholarly journals Do We Have To Worry The Internet Syndrome At The Millenial Muslim Generations In The Digital 4.0 Era?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Amirah Diniaty ◽  
Zarkasih ◽  
Mustakim ◽  
Rian Vebrianto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
The Internet ◽  
School Students ◽  
Keywords Internet ◽  
Younger Generation ◽  
Senior High School Students

This research aims to describe the internet syndrome at the younger generation of Muslims; frequency, duration, type of application, content accessed, and their attitude towards the negative content. This research applied the survey method. The respondents were elementary, junior, and senior high school students in Pekanbaru City, which numbered 130 people. The purposive random sampling research samples were students in Islamic curriculum background schools that were accessible to researchers. The data were gained through closed questionnaires and analyzed descriptively. The results show that internet use in younger generation of Muslim is worrying, judging from the frequency and duration of their access, and more on social media to chat, to share photos or to view videos. Most respondents used their allowance to access the internet without their parents’ concern. High school respondents are tempted to see sadistic and pornographic content when accessing the internet, compared to junior and elementary school respondents. Keywords: Internet syndrome; Students; Millennial Muslim generations    

Mobilizing for Some

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffael Heiss ◽  
Jörg Matthes
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Specific Factors

Abstract. This study investigated the effects of politicians’ nonparticipatory and participatory Facebook posts on young people’s political efficacy – a key determinant of political participation. We employed an experimental design, using a sample of N = 125 high school students (15–20 years). Participants either saw a Facebook profile with no posts (control condition), nonparticipatory posts, or participatory posts. While nonparticipatory posts did not affect participants’ political efficacy, participatory posts exerted distinct effects. For those high in trait evaluations of the politician presented in the stimulus material or low in political cynicism, we found significant positive effects on external and collective efficacy. By contrast, for those low in trait evaluations or high in cynicism, we found significant negative effects on external and collective efficacy. We did not find any effects on internal efficacy. The importance of content-specific factors and individual predispositions in assessing the influence of social media use on participation is discussed.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMART PHONE USAGE AND SLEEP DISTURBANCES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISSTRESS AMONG STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
Minh Tam Nguyen ◽  
Phuc Thanh Nhan Nguyen ◽  
Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Relationship

The increasing use of smartphone among young people is creating negative effects and is an important public health problem in many countries. Smartphone abuse and addiction may cause physical and psychological disorders among users. However, the awarenes on this issue has been inadequate due to lacking of evidence. Objectives: To describe the current situation of smartphone using among students at highschools and universities in Hue city and to examine the relationship between smartphone using and sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a randomly selected sample of 1,150 students at highschools and universities in Hue city. SAS-SV scale was used to evaluate phone addiction status, K10 scale was used for psychological distress assessment and PSQI scale was used to examine the sleep quality. Results: The proportion of students at highschools and universities having smartphones was 78.0%. The rate of smartphone addiction among high school students was 49.1% and that among university students was 43.7%. There was 57.3% of high school students had poor sleep quality, and that of university students was 51.6%. There was a statistically significant association between smartphone addiction and sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants (p <0.05). Conclusion: The prevalence of smartphone addiction among students at highschools and universities is alarming and is related to sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants. There is a strong call to develop intervention to help students to aware and manage the use of smartphone effectively.

scholarly journals Effect of Education through WhatsApp Media in Changing of Smoking Behavior among Senior High School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusriani Yusriani ◽  
Joel Rey U. Acob
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Senior High School Students

Teenagers, who are considerably susceptible to smoking, must be educated to prevent smoking behavior that can cause health problems and even death. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of education through social media such as WhatsApp in the modification of smoking behaviors among senior high school students in Pangkep District, Indonesia. It employed a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest-only control group design. The experimental group received education in the use of WhatsApp social media, while the control group was provided with leaflets. Data were collected through observation and interviews with a total of 180 students in both groups, with 90 students in each. Data analysis used a paired sample t-test and an independent sample t-test. The study suggested that disseminating health information through WhatsApp media about the dangers of teenage smoking was more effective than leaflets in changing student behavior.

scholarly journals Pendidikan Jurnalisme Warga (Citizen Journalism) pada Siswa di SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Kalampangan, Palangka Raya

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Srie Rosmilawati ◽  
Indah Tri Handayani
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Citizen Journalism ◽  
Journalism Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Severe Problem ◽  
Special Knowledge

Citizen journalism or citizen journalism can now be done by anyone, anywhere, without special knowledge in delivering the news. This can be a severe problem because some citizen journalists only deliver news that occurs around the real world without fulfilling the news elements, namely 5W + 1H, and do not understand the journalistic code of ethics. So that the news delivered can violate the rules in journalism. Citizen journalism education action is needed to solve problems in most people in Indonesia, especially among students of SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Kalampangan, Palangkaraya. For this reason, all students must be able to participate in making social media a means of journalism by using journalism principles such as writing procedures and journalistic code of ethics. This citizen journalism education program, is a program in educating high school students using social media to become professional citizen journalists and can be used as a reference for the community in Kalampangan in obtaining information around their environment. It is hoped that in the future, the students of SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Palangkaraya can apply citizen journalism education into their daily life and be able to transmit it to the community around Kalampangan village.

scholarly journals Instagram as Media in Teaching Writing Recount Text for Senior High School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul - Basith
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
School Students ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Senior High School Students

Social media is web-based application that allows users to communicate, collaborate, and share resources with other people. Both being easy to access and easy to use make social media become an effective way to communicate and exchange ideas. Students can use social media to keep up with their friends, to stay up-to-date with news and current events, to fill up spare time, to find entertaining content, and to share opinions. The use of social media becomes famous for the students nowadays. Thus, the popularity of the social media among students can be used as a tool in language teaching. One of the famous social media is Instagram. Instagram is a social network that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them publicly or privately on the application, as well as through a variety of other social network. Through Instagram the students can post their photos or videos that can be commented by viewers. By using Instagram, teachers are offered great opportunity to develop classroom activities creatively. This paper will give an overview of the use of Instagram in teaching writing recount text in senior high school students.

Exploring Adolescent Social Media Use in a High School: Tweeting Teens in a Bell Schedule World

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (14) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey A. Rutledge ◽  
Vanessa P. Dennen ◽  
Lauren M. Bagdy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Intentional Community ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Media Use

This multilevel exploratory case study examined the intersection of adolescent social media use and administrators’ and teachers’ work in one Florida high school. Through a survey and activities with 48 high school students and interviews with 37 students and 18 administrators and teachers in a Florida high school, we explored the different ways that students and adults used social media both outside and in school. We found that students and adults engaged in active and intentional community building and informal learning across social media sites, however, these activities were largely separate from the formal activities in schools. We discuss the implications of this separation and its potential to energize high schools.

Prevalence and clinical characteristics of headache in adolescents: A Croatian epidemiological study

Cephalalgia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlasta Vuković Cvetković ◽  
Davor Plavec ◽  
Arijana Lovrenčić-Huzjan ◽  
Maja Strineka ◽  
Dražen Ažman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Primary Headaches ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Tension Type Headaches ◽  
Moderate Nausea

Background Headaches are often under-diagnosed in adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine the one-year prevalence of primary headaches among high school students in the city of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Methods This was a population-based, cross-sectional study. A total of 2350 questionnaires consisting of questions on demographic data, the presence and clinical characteristics of headaches were distributed among students in eight high schools; 2057 (87.5%) questionnaires were eligible for analysis. Results The mean age of the students was 17.2 ± 1.2 years; 50.2% were female. The prevalence of recurrent headache was 30.1% (620/2057), girls 35.1%, boys 25.2%. Among students with headache, 291 (46.9%) had migraine, and 329 (53.1%) had tension-type headaches (TTHs). The mean frequency of headaches was 5.66 per month in girls and 4.42 in boys; mean duration of a headache attack was 8.94 hours in girls and 8.37 hours in boys (NS). Unilateral headache was present in 31.6%, throbbing quality in 22.6%, dull in 34.4% of students; 22.4% had severe intensity and 70.3% moderate. Nausea was present in 4.0% always and in 14.7% frequently (girls 18.8%), photophobia in 41.3%, phonophobia in 63.2%, osmophobia in 23.9% (NS among genders). Almost 30% of students were disabled and stayed at home, more frequently boys. Girls (33.4%) were more likely to take drugs for every attack; number per month was 3.7. The results of this study showed that the prevalence of migraine among adolescents in Croatia was 16.5% for girls and 11.8% for boys; the prevalence of TTH was 18.4% for girls and 13.4% for boys. Conclusions The prevalence of self-reported headache among high school students in Zagreb is relatively high. Significant gender differences in frequency and clinical characteristics were observed. Primary headaches among adolescents are an important public health problem and should receive more attention from school and health authorities.

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