Level of Health Competence of 14–19-Year-Old Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneliya Kozleva ◽  
Stefania Belomazheva-Dimitrova
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Preventive Healthcare ◽  
School Students ◽  
Health Competence ◽  
Medical Specialists ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The Family

Preventive healthcare is a top priority in modern health policy. As its main elements, the health education and health culture of the population are essential. Medical specialists bear almost little responsibility for their development and quality. Educators, the school as an institution, the family and society have a key role to play in this regard. In Bulgaria, health education is not present as an independent subject at school. It is embedded in various classroom and extracurricular forms of education. The purpose of this study is to establish the level of health knowledge among 14–19-year-old Bulgarian students achieved through the education system, family and social environment. It also explores the possibilities for enhancing the health competence of high school students.

scholarly journals Educação sexual para além da sala de aula: intervenção educativa sobre HIV/AIDS para estudantes do ensino médio

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-80
Author(s):  
Marinete Silva Santos ◽  
Gilderlene Aires Santos ◽  
Simone Marques Almeida ◽  
Anny Karoline Rodrigues Batista ◽  
Carlos Alailson Licar Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Family ◽  
Hiv Aids

Resumo: Este estudo objetivou verificar o papel da escola sobre a prática de prevenção e combate ao HIV/AIDS por meio de ações/programas de educação em saúde na sala de aula, e fornecer subsídios para a realização de intervenções educativas aos estudantes do Ensino Médio. Um estudo qualitativo, transversal e descritivo foi realizado através da aplicação de questionários estruturados e ações programadas na escola. Identificou-se pouco conhecimento dos alunos sobre a temática e, nesse contexto, observou-se a necessidade de inserção da temática na sala de aula e para além dela, articulando família, escola, sociedade e governo municipal com o intuito de disseminar informações e a aplicabilidade entre elas, de modo a aproximar a comunidade à realidade epidemiológica da cidade. Por fim, ficou evidente a aceitação da sociedade, demonstrando que essas práticas podem ser estimuladoras e validadas como ferramentas de promoção da cultura dos cuidados com a saúde em sala de aula.Palavras-chave: Educação em saúde; HIV/AIDS; Metodologias ativas; Projeto integrador. Sex education beyond the classroom: educational intervention about HIV/AIDS for high school studentsAbstract: This study aimed to verify the school’s role on the practice of preventing and combating HIV/AIDS through health education actions/programs in the classroom and providing subsidies for carrying out educational interventions for high school students. A qualitative, cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out through the application of structured questionnaires and programmed actions at the school. Little knowledge of the students on the theme was identified and, in this context, the need to approach the theme in the classroom and beyond was observed, articulating the family, the school, society and municipal government in order to publicize information and theapplicability among them, in order to bring the community closer to the city’s epidemiological reality. Therefore, society's acceptance was evident, demonstrating that these practices can be stimulating and validated as tools to promote the culture of health care in the classroom.Keywords: Health education; HIV/AIDS; Active methodologies; Integrating project. 

Impact of a Neuroscience-Based Health Education Course on High School Students’ Health Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behaviors

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie M. Babinski ◽  
Desiree W. Murray ◽  
Wilkie A. Wilson ◽  
Cynthia M. Kuhn ◽  
Patrick S. Malone
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
School Students ◽  
And Behaviors

A Follow-up Study of Former Student Health Advocates

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 353-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Streng
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
School Setting ◽  
School Nurse ◽  
Student Health ◽  
School Students ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Study Results

Student health advocates (SHAs) are high school students who, under the supervision of the school nurse, provide health education and health promotion activities to other students via a peer education model. This 3-year follow-up study explored how the SHA experience influences career choice and attitudes of the participants. It also examined what motivates students to become SHAs, the benefits and drawbacks of SHA participation, how SHA involvement influenced career plans, and how SHAs perceive the role of the school nurse. Study results indicate that this innovative health education/promotion experience offered an opportunity for SHAs to express their interest in health and enhanced their sense of belonging, meaningful involvement, connection to learning, and caring relationships in the school setting.

Social Environment and Creativity

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-58
Author(s):  
Jiří Semrád ◽  
Milan Škrabal
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cultural Legacy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

The paper deals with issues connected with the motivation of high school students to participate in activities aimed at professional creative activity and, in this context, issues of environmental influences, especially from school and the family. It is responding to some of the growing efforts of neoliberalism to over individualize creative expression and activities and completely ignore social influences. It also takes into account the cultural legacy of past generations and the sources of creative power that have taken root in society and from which individuals draw and process their inspiration. Presented within are the results of an empirical probe focused on the influence of the social environment on the creative activity of teenagers. The paper follows the relations to the existing body of knowledge on the relationship between social environment and creativity, with an effort to capture the social conditionality of creative performances—to capture their roots. The results of the probe have confirmed the initial hypothesis that the creative efforts of secondary school students taking part in vocational training is based on the social background of the family and school. However, the family influence on the students’ creativity is not as significant as one would expect. It is the indirect effect of the family environment that has a larger influence.

Family Environment and Child-To-Parent Violence: The Role of Emotional Insecurity

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110063
Author(s):  
Miriam Junco-Guerrero ◽  
Ana Ruiz-Fernández ◽  
David Cantón-Cortés
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Irrational Beliefs ◽  
Family System ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
The Family ◽  
Emotional Insecurity

Child-to-parent violence (CPV) constitutes a serious social problem due to its short and long-term consequences, which not only directly affect the victim but also generate a rupture of the family system. In this study, direct and indirect effects of exposition to violence within the family, insecurity in the family system (manifested as disengagement and/or preoccupation), and justification of violence on CPV toward mothers and fathers were analyzed with structural equation modeling (SEM). Davies and Cummings emotional security theory (1994) was applied. A total of 904 high school students between 13 and 20 years old participated in this study. Information regarding each participant’s committed CPV was obtained from the Child-to-Parent Aggression Questionnaire. Emotional insecurity was assessed with the Security in the Family System scale. To assess exposition to violence and justification of violence, the Exposure to Violence Questionnaire and Irrational Beliefs Inventory for Adolescents were applied, respectively. Strong relationships between exposition to violence within the family, emotional insecurity, justification of violence, and CPV toward mothers and fathers were observed. The results show that adolescents who are exposed to violence at home are more aggressive in the future. In addition, this relationship is mediated, at least in part, by the justification of violence and emotional insecurity. These results suggest that prevention and treatment of CPV aggressors should focus on improving security within the survivors’ family system as well as modifying attitudes toward violence.

Contraceptive Use Among Korean High School Adolescents: A Decision Tree Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 105984052098753
Author(s):  
Sung Hae Kim ◽  
Yoona Choi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Decision Tree ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Sexual Health Education ◽  
School Students

Although the rate of sexual intercourse among adolescents has increased in Asian countries, including Korea, many sexually active adolescents still do not use contraception. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for contraceptive nonuse among adolescents using decision tree analysis of the 2018 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2,460 high school students who had an experience of sexual intercourse. The findings indicated that the highest risk group who did not use contraception during sexual intercourse did not receive sexual health education in school and was involved in habitual or purposeful drug use. The experience of ever receiving treatment due to violence and the experience of sexual intercourse after drinking were also identified as risk factors for contraceptive nonuse. To encourage contraceptive use, development of standard sexual health education, counseling, and educational intervention intended to prevent risky behaviors is needed.

scholarly journals Knowledge of conjunctivitis among high school students in Pokhara valley of Western Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Sarita Tuladhar ◽  
Jamuna Gurung
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Pokhara Valley

Introduction: Conjunctivitis is a common health problem in Nepal. It is inflammation of conjunctiva presenting as red eye. It is a communicable eye disease. Health education to the students and proper management can help spread of the disease. Knowledge of conjunctivitis among school students will help in prevention of the disease. So the study was carried out to assess the knowledge of conjunctivitis among high school students in Pokhara valley of Western Nepal. Materials/ Methods: A school based cross sectional study was performed among six government schools in western Nepal from May 2019 to June 2019. Students from grade eight, nine and ten were included in the study. Data was collected using structured questionnaire including demographic data, knowledge regarding sign symptoms of conjunctivitis, treatment, prevention, complication of conjunctivitis. Data was analysed using SPSS version 11.6. Result: A total of 523 students were included in the study. The mean age of the students was 14.7 ± 1.2 years with majority of females (53%). Nearly 2/3rd of the students (61.6%) had heard of conjunctivitis. Majority of the students (87.4%) of the students mentioned that it is communicable while 80.3% of the students correctly mentioned its etiology. Majority of the students (97.9%) mentioned that it is curable with treatment as first option (97.5%). Majority of the students (98.3%) correctly responded to the preventive measures but majority of the students (83.2%) wrongly mentioned mode of transmission. Conclusion: Secondary school students in Western Nepal have poor knowledge of conjunctivitis. Appropriate eye health education should be given to school students to prevent rapid spread of infective conjunctivitis.  

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