الوعي الصحي لدى طلاب كليات التربية بالجامعات المصرية : كلية التربية جامعة بنها نموذجا

Abstract EN

The present study aimed at investigating the health awareness level among the students at the Faculty of Education, Benha University, according to sex and specialization.

It also identified the institutions and resources which might contribute in the access of health information and the spread and development of heath awareness among the study sample.

The descriptive analytic method has been used.

A scale of heath awareness has been developed by the present study author and administered to a random sample (n= 406) from the male and female students in the fourth year (all the majors), Faculty of Education, Benha University.

The study findings and results revealed that the health awareness level among the study sample was moderate.

They had seven fields of health awareness, such as the personal health, right nutrition, sports playing and practice, right body, first aids, preventive health, reproductive health, danger of smoking and drug abuse.

The highest level among the study sample was the reproductive health and the lowest was the first aids.

There was statistically significant difference between the scores means according to sex (male and female) and specialization (literary sections and scientific ones).

The family was the first-rank resource of their health awareness and the college activities was the last-rank resource.

Based on these findings and results, some recommendations were suggested for developing the health awareness level among the students at the Faculty of Education, Benha University.