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Evaluation of health education sessions
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Source
Issue
Vol. 25, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2003)7 p.
Publisher
King Hamad University Hospital
Publication Date
2003-03-31
Country of Publication
Bahrain
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Objective: Health education is a necessary component of any health service that seeks to promote and improve the health of its population.
Evaluation is an essential component of a good health education program.
This study aims to evaluate the health education sessions conducted on group of subjects attending a primary health care center, and describe the methods used in these sessions.
Design: Cross section study.
Setting: The study was carried out at King Faisal University primary health care center, AI-Khobar, Saudi Arabia during the year 1999.
Method: Health education sessions are conducted twice per week throughout the year.
Total of 104 sessions, 56 were selected randomly for evaluation.
The sessions were evaluated with a structured checklist.
Each item of assessment was graded as "good" or "poor" according to the speaker's performance during the session.
Data were entered into a personal computer, incorporating the Statistical Package for Social Sciences Version 7.0.
Results: The total number of health education sessions delivered by a medical team composed of 11 residents, 38 interns, and 6 nurses, was 56.
Significantly more residents, than interns and nurses, delivered topics of high priority to their audience during the sessions (P < 0.04).
However, significantly more interns used incentives during their delivery (P < 0.03).
There was significantly less audience participation with interns than that observed for residents than residents, or nurses (P < 0.04).
Cross- tabulation of audience participation by topic showed that significantly more subjects who were knowledgeable of the topic exhibited audience participation (78.3 %) than those who were not aware (P < 0.02).
In 39 (75 %) of the sessions, there was good participation of the audience.
Participation was good in 32 (72.7 %) when the subjects discussed were directed to the right target group.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Suwaylim, Latifah Sad. 2003. Evaluation of health education sessions. Bahrain Medical Bulletin،Vol. 25, no. 1.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-602337
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Suwaylim, Latifah Sad. Evaluation of health education sessions. Bahrain Medical Bulletin Vol. 25, no. 1 (Mar. 2003).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-602337
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Suwaylim, Latifah Sad. Evaluation of health education sessions. Bahrain Medical Bulletin. 2003. Vol. 25, no. 1.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-602337
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-602337