Adolescents’ Health Literacy Level of Asthma Due Environmental, Physical and Medical Conditions
Journal Title: PARIPEX-Indian Journal of Research - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 6
Abstract
Study Focus: This study only aimed at the assessment and evaluation of adolescents’ health literacy level of asthma due environmental, physical and medical conditions, cased at four selected senior high schools in Bo, Southern Sierra Leone. Methods: The restructured adolescents’ health literacy level questionnaire (AHLLQ) was adopted as measuring instrument, and the option variables were tested using One-sample t-Test of IBM-SPSS Statistics (Version 23). A sampled size of one hundred and twenty participants (n=120) of mean and SD age of [16.5±3.5] ranged from (13-20) years, were selected using the simple random sampling method. Results: The comparative analysis from the test results showed significance difference in scores for all tested and evaluated option variables with t-scores of [07.682-&-18.548] in table 2; [08.318-&-16.647] in table 4; and [06.975-&-22.081] in table 6 respectively, @ *p<0.000 and **p<0.001 level of 2-tailed significance with test-value of 0.05. Conclusion and Recommendation: A significant difference was observed between the simple [Yes] and/or a simple [No] scores for all tested and evaluated option variables investigated, indicating the sampled adolescents’ low level of health literacy as slated also in their mean scores, percentages, grouped frequencies and 95% confidence interval difference scores. Immunization and introduction of health literacy in health and physical education classes in all senior high schools were recommended.
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Bebeley Samuel Joseph
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