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Assessment of health awareness and its sources among journalism and mass communication students at yarmouk university, jordan.

01 Jan 1997-The International Quarterly of Community Health Education (SAGE Publications)-Vol. 17, Iss: 1, pp 77-87
TL;DR: This study assesses the overall health awareness level of students of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Yarmouk University/Jordan who are supposed to have an important leadership role among mass media professionals in Jordan and finds that their overall average performance was significantly much lower than the acceptable criterion score determined by the HAT authors.
Abstract: This study assesses the overall health awareness level of students of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Yarmouk University/Jordan who are supposed to have an important leadership role among mass media professionals in Jordan A Health Awareness Test (HAT) was administered to a random sample of 139 students of this group (5285% of the target population) Findings revealed that their overall average performance on the HAT was significantly much lower than the acceptable criterion score determined by the HAT authors Female students' performance on the HAT was significantly higher than males' performance The academic level of these students (2nd, 3rd or 4th academic year) did not have significant influence on their scores Furthermore, the two-way ANOVA analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the achievement of the study subjects on the HAT by sex and academic level The major sources of the health awareness information of these students ranked by order were: mass media, self-education, academic preparation (information included in the curricula), family and peers, and finally cultural events in the form of extra-curricular activities at the University Recommendations based upon these results are given
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TL;DR: Results indicated significant differences between the groups on three subscales: health responsibility, physical activity, and interpersonal relations; however, both groups had similarly low scores.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare health-promoting practices of Canadian (n = 49) and Jordanian (n = 44) first-year nursing students using the revised Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. Results indicated significant differences between the groups on three subscales: health responsibility, physical activity, and interpersonal relations; however, both groups had similarly low scores. Implications for nurse educators are discussed from both curricular and cross-cultural perspective that focuses on health-promotion activities and programs.

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