scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF RURAL COLLEGE STUDENTS REGARDING CONTRACEPTION

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (45) ◽  
pp. 8736-8739
Author(s):  
Jayashree S Seeri ◽  
Maheshwaran R
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Rural College

Factors Influencing Rural College Students' Psychological Help-Seeking Behavior

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay F. Kujawa ◽  
Erin L. Martin ◽  
Astrid S. Dcunha ◽  
Rachel L. Navarro ◽  
Shawn M. Whiting ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Psychological Help ◽  
Help Seeking Behavior ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Rural College

Factors Influencing Preventive Behavior against COVID-19 among Dental Hygiene Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-89
Author(s):  
Hyun-Ju Lim ◽  
◽  
Ji-Young Lee ◽  
Se-Hyun Hwang ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Dental Hygiene ◽  
Preventive Behavior ◽  
Dental Hygiene Students ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate factors influencing preventive behavior against COVID-19 among college students majoring in dental hygiene. Methods: This study is based on a questionnaire survey via online collected from students currently majoring in dental hygiene from 2 colleges in Busan area. Subjects were informed of the purpose and the necessity of the study and agreed to participate in the investigation beforehand. Results: Preventive behavior against COVID-19 was highly affected by attitude and knowledge of COVID-19. Conclusions: Knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19 have significant effect on preventive behavior against COVID-19

PENGARUH METODE PENDIDIKAN SEBAYA DAN METODE CERAMAH TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP SISWA TENTANG NAPZA DI SMA PAB 4 SAMPALI PERCUT SEI TUAN 2016

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-103
Author(s):  
Ermawaty Arisandi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Peer Education ◽  
School Management ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Interactive Lecture ◽  
Paired T Test

Today, drug abuse is commonly done such as high school and college students; 65% of them used drugs in 2011. The most effective strategy of preventing from and handling napza in changing adolescents’ behavior is through health education such as peer education and interactive lecture. The objective of the research was to find out the influence of peer education and interactive lecture on students’ knowledge and attitude at SMA PAB 4 Sampali, Percut Sei Tuan. The research used quasi experiment. The population was 160 students and 60 of them were used as the samples with 30 of them were in the peer education and the 30 students in interactive lecture. The data were gathered by using questionnaires and analyzed by using paired t-test, Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney test. The result of the research showed that health education with interactive lecture had the influence on the increase in students’ knowledge (p<0.001) and attitude (p<0.001) toward napza. Health education with peer education had the influence on the increase in students’ knowledge (p<0.001) and attitude (p<0.001) toward napza. Health education with peer education was more effective in knowledge and attitude than interactive lecture. It is recommended that the school management make the policy on any activity in increasing information about napza to adolescents by providing peer education since it is the most appropriate for adolescents. It is also recommended that the management of BNN make ex-napza users participate in health education.

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude towards mental illness among health and non-health university students in Riyadh

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 3497
Author(s):  
Samira M. Mahboub ◽  
Rahaf A. Aleyadhi ◽  
Reema I. Aldrees ◽  
Shahad S. Almuhanna
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
University Students ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: Mental illness can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, and residence. Studying the attitude and knowledge about mental illnesses among university students is important, because they are the future decision makers dealing with such problems. The aim of this study was to assess level of knowledge and attitude towards mental illnesses among health and non-health university students in Riyadh.Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study on students of the governmental universities in Riyadh with both health and non-health speciality. The total sample size was 587 students. The questionnaire was designed electronically, and the link was distributed through social media. It included socio-demographic questions, 17 questions to assess knowledge and 22 questions to assess the attitudes. The statistical tests used were chi square, independent sample t-test, spearman’s correlation and multiple linear regression tests.Results: More than half of the participants had a positive attitude toward mental illness (52%). Only 13.46% of university students had good knowledge about mental illness. Significant higher level of good knowledge and positive attitude were reported among health college students compared to non-health (24.7% versus 7.9% for good knowledge and 60.8% versus 48.3 for positive attitude respectively). Attitude towards mental illness can be successfully predicted by using the knowledge score about mental illness and the type of college.Conclusion: Low percentage of university students had good knowledge about mental illness and their attitude towards mental illness was generally positive. Health college students had better attitude and knowledge about mental illness than non-health.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ANXIETY AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM RURAL AND URBAN AREAS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (46) ◽  
pp. 11368-11375
Author(s):  
Sibananda Mishra ◽  
Bijayalaxmi Muduli
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Junior Colleges ◽  
T Test ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Rural College

The objective of the present study was to compare the level of anxiety and difference between the rural and urban college students on the basis of dimensions of anxiety. A total number of 120 college students (Rural – 60 and Urban – 60) were selected from two Junior colleges in both rural and urban areas of Odisha State. In the present study, Sinha Anxiety Scale (1991) was used to collect the data. The obtained data was analysed by using ‘t’ test to find out the significant difference between rural and urban college students. Results revealed that in majority dimensions of anxiety, rural college students have more anxiety compared to urban college students

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