A Study of Impact of the School Health Curriculum Project on Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior of Teenage Students.

Autor/inn/en	Milne, Ann M.; und weitere
Institution	Center for Disease Control (DHEW/PHS), Atlanta, GA.
Titel	A Study of Impact of the School Health Curriculum Project on Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior of Teenage Students.
Quelle	(1975), (217 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affective Behavior; Behavior Patterns; Cardiovascular System; Cognitive Development; Curriculum Research; Elementary School Students; Followup Studies; Health Behavior; Health Education; Knowledge Level; Secondary School Students; Smoking; Student Attitudes; Student Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Herz-Kreislauf-System; Kognitive Entwicklung; Curriculum; Research; Curriculumreform; Lehrplan; Forschung; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Wissensbasis; Sekundarschüler; Rauchen; Schülerverhalten; Student behaviour
Abstract	This study describes research on the impact of three intensive health curriculum models (respiratory, circulatory, and nervous systems) administered at the fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-grades on the knowledge levels, attitudes, and health behaviors of teenage students. The hypotheses of the study were that students enrolled in one or more units of the model would be statistically different after a time lapse of two to four years from students who were not enrolled. Primary expectations were that they would (1) possess more knowledge about the resoiratory, circulatory, and nervous systems, and (2) engage in more acceptable health practices designed to protect their bodies against disease. Secondary impact expectations related to smoking attitudes and behavior and to positive school-related behaviors. Problems arising in the process of conducting the study (attrition in the number of school districts and students participating, delay in gaining approval of measurement instruments, and the impossibility of conducting a true longitudinal study) imposed severe restrictions on applying the research results. However, analyses of these results supported hypothesis one, in that the greater the curriculum exposure, the higher the level of health knowledge. A significant relationship was found between curriculum exposure and health behavior scores for ninth- (but not for tenth-) grade followup study participants. No difference was found for the third hypothesis, related to smoking attitudes, though smoking behavior was found to be significantly related to curriculum exposure for ninth- (but not tenth-) graders. School-related behavior failed to vary on the basis of whether a student had or had not been enrolled earlier in the curriculum model. Tables and test instruments are presented in appendices. (MJB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC