Protective Health Education
Abstract
Problem
Statement: As a result of wars, starvation, traffic accidents,
homicide, infectious diseases, insufficient adult protection, migration, and
inadequate legal reforms the mortality rate of children has become a serious
problem in the world. Protective health education contributes to a child’s
physical and social health. In this case, the main problem of research is ‘How
does the production and applications of educational materials affect the protective
health knowledge level of prospective pre-school teachers? ‘.
Purpose of the
Study: The aims of this study are, to increase the health
knowledge level of prospective teachers, to produce protective health education
materials for children and to experience the applications of produced materials
with these children.
Method: The present
study was used partially mixed sequential equal status design model. The quantitative data from the protective
health knowledge level test including 20 open-ended questions were combined
with qualitative data from interviews who (n=131) were the pre-school
prospective teachers. The qualitative data that were gathered from face to face
interviews with 22 of the sample group. The interventions of research including
theoretical and production of protective health education tools took place 12
weeks then prospective teachers applied tools on children. T-test and content
analysis techniques were used to analyze the data.
Findings: There was a
significant difference in the protective health knowledge level test scores of
participants (t (131) = 10.53, p<.00) before and after the research. There
was a significant difference between the mean values of pre-test and post-test
results on the immunity (t (131) = 5.51, p<.00), traffic (t (131) = 1.53,
p<.00), nutrition (t (131) = 6.38, p<.00), hygiene (t (131) = 5.83,
p<.00), mental health (t(131) = 4.05, p<.00). There was no significant
difference between the mean scores of the pre-test and post-test of tooth
health (t (131) = 1.53, p>.00) and physical activities (t (131) = 1.53,
p>.00). The difficulties during the production of materials, the
difficulties during the applications with students and the experiences of
prospective teachers were obtained as themes from the qualitative data.
Conclusion and
Recommendations: Protective health education should be given to all
prospective teachers in all subjects including practical as well as conceptual
knowledge. In the future they can use this knowledge and these practices to
decrease the mortality rate of countries as a teacher, as an individual in a
society or as a parent.
Keywords
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
October 15, 2016
Submission Date
October 15, 2016
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 16 Number: 65