Anne D. Lindt

Abstract

The exploratory survey method was used to determine the extent to whole scientific knowledge, related to principles and practices of healthful living, was enhanced during the secondary school education of students attending four Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools in Hong Kong. The tool, in the form of a health knowledge test designed to fit the cultural patterns of the population, was applied to 358 Form I (grade 7) and Form V (grade 11) students of the specified schools. Individual scores were computed and comparative analyses done on scores of groups of students representing the two different educational levels, sex differences, two different age ranges, two socio-economic levels, and several religious classifications. None of these comparisons showed any significant difference in the knowledge level of the various groups. The findings suggest that "the extent to which scientific knowledge, related to principles and practices of healthful living, was enhanced during the secondary school education of these students" was minimal. Since there is no way of knowing the exact level of knowledge from which the present Form V students started, the conclusion remains tentative, pending further investigation over longer periods of time. A qualitative survey of the knowledge possessed by the entire sample was based on an item analysis of the 100 questions in the test. The subject areas of "Stimulants and Depressants," "General and Consumer Health Concepts," and "Nutrition" were shown, in that order, to have the highest average score levels. The subject areas of "Safety, First Aid, and Home Care" and "Family Health" which included information on growth, development, and reproduction, were shown to have the lowest average score levels. The findings indicated that, in so far as the test could be considered a valid measurement of knowledge, the general level of scientific health knowledge was low. Further studies should be done to verify or revise these conclusions.

LLU Discipline

Nursing

Department

Nursing

School

Graduate School

First Advisor

Ruth M. Munroe

Second Advisor

Lester H. Lonergan

Third Advisor

Harold E. Shull

Fourth Advisor

Betty Stirling

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

1966

Date (Title Page)

8-1966

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Health Education -- Hong Kong; Adolescent -- education.

Type

Thesis

Page Count

xi; 128

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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