Assessing the impact of the Cardiovascular Health Education Program on rural and urban adolescents' health knowledge | Posted on:1997-06-15 | Degree:Ph.D | Type:Dissertation | University:Walden University | Candidate:MacDonald, Sandra Adelle | Full Text:PDF | GTID:1464390014481775 | Subject:Health Sciences | Abstract/Summary: | | he purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the Cardiovascular Health Education Program (C.H.E.P.) on the cardiovascular health knowledge of participating adolescents. The study used a quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group research design with a pretest and posttest to assess the impact of the Cardiovascular Health Education Program (C.H.E.P.) on the cardiovascular health knowledge of grade eight adolescents. One-hundred and forty-six adolescents participated in the study, with 88 in the experimental group and 58 in the control group. One hundred and two of the adolescents resided in a rural region and 44 of the adolescents resided in an urban region in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.;The findings from this study indicate that the C.H.E.P. did have significant impact on the cardiovascular health knowledge of the rural adolescents (p... | Keywords/Search Tags: | Cardiovascular health, Impact, Adolescents, Rural | | Related items |
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