THE HEALTH CONCERNS OF STUDENTS IN GUANGXI, CHINA
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1994-04
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The PURPOSE of the study was to determine baseline data on concerns students have about health issues for curriculum planning in a University and college in Nanning, PRC. A purpose was also to determine if there was a difference between male and female student’s concerns. INSTRUMENT: A Chinese translation of the 50 item Health Concern Questionnaire was developed. The reliability of the Chinese translation was calculated. Results of both the Guttman’s split-half technique and the Spearman-Brown formula were .92. SAMPLE: The questionnaire was administered to a convenience sample of 190 students in two classrooms at Guangxi University and Guangxi National College in Spring 1993. RESULTS: Results of a t-test revealed no significant difference between males and females on the total health concern score. However, significant differences were found with several items between the genders. Female students were significantly (p<.05) more concerned about air pollution, colds, cancer, death, headaches, nervousness, and overweight. Males were more concerned by alcohol dependence, birth control, and sexually transmitted disease. The top health concern for both groups was finding an ideal partner, followed by birth control for males and air pollution for females. Water pollution, what I’ll be like in 10 or 15 years were the third and fourth top ranking concerns respectively for both groups. CONCLUSIONS: It was concluded that health education curriculum needs to address items of concern to both groups.
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The QUESTIONNAIRE for this study is found in the IUScholarWorks repository at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17228. The CALCULATIONS and DATA SET for this study are found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17232.
ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found on the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissued.
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China, students, health concerns
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Engs, R.C.; Zhou-Ping, L.(1994) THE HEALTH CONCERNS OF STUDENTS IN GUANGXI, CHINA. Paper presented: Research Section. AAHPER Annual Conference Denver, Colorado, April 1994.
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This work is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. For permission to reuse this work for commercial purposes, please contact Dr. Ruth Engs or the IU Archives.
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