まとめ
小学生の子どもたちは,心血管健康に関する知識の有意な欠陥を示しています. 標準化されたテストは,他の科目と比較して最小限の知識の獲得を明らかにし,改善された健康教育の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 小児科は小児科です.
- 保健教育 保健教育について
- 心血管の健康について
背景:
- 心血管疾患は,世界的に死亡の主な原因です.
- 早期の健康教育は,生涯にわたる健康的な習慣を確立するために不可欠です.
- 子どもたちの現在の知識レベルを評価することは,効果的なカリキュラム開発に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- アイオワ州心臓血管保健知識テスト (ICVHT) の開発と標準化.
- 小学生の心臓血管健康に関する知識状態を評価する.
- 心血管の健康に関する知識の増加率を他の科目と比較するために.
- 健康教育評価のための標準化されたテストの実現可能性を実証する.
主な方法:
- アイオワ州心臓血管保健知識テスト (ICVHT) を開発した.
- アイオワの基礎技能テスト (ITBS) と並行してICVHTを投与します.
- アイオワ州の6年生,7年生,8年生から2,675人の生徒を対象に採取した.
- 代表的なデータに対して,分層化されたサンプリング方法を用いた.
主要な成果:
- 平均正しい得点は37.9% (6年生),41.2% (7年生),43.7% (8年生) でした.
- 心血管の健康に関する知識は,年級レベルによって最小限に増加しました (年級ごとに1項目未満).
- 知識の習得率は,他の被験者よりも75%遅かった.
- 学生の心血管健康に関する知識の不足を記録した.
結論:
- 小学生の子どもたちの心血管健康に関する知識には大きなギャップがある.
- 標準化された達成テストは,健康教育の結果を評価するために実現可能である.
- ICVHTは,他の学科における健康教育を評価するためのモデルを提供します.
- 結果は,強化された心血管保健教育戦略の必要性を強調しています.
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