The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007

The main objective of the study was to examine whether the peer-to-peer health education was effective in changing the perception of the smoking outcomes among local adolescents in Kuching Sarawak. Nonparametric analyses of the scores showed that the peer-to-peer health education significantly chang...

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Main Author:	Jeffery, anak Stephen
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health Hygiene Preventive Medicine
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/605/1/Jeffery.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.6052023-05-25T00:58:23Z The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007 2009 Jeffery, anak Stephen RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine The main objective of the study was to examine whether the peer-to-peer health education was effective in changing the perception of the smoking outcomes among local adolescents in Kuching Sarawak. Nonparametric analyses of the scores showed that the peer-to-peer health education significantly changed the smoking outcomes perception among the participants in the intervention group (Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, p< .05) with significant change in the scale scores observed among the males (Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, p < .05). These modest findings lend credence that peer-to-peer health education is effective in changing the smoking outcomes perception among local adolescents with diverse cultural background. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2009 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/605/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/605/1/Jeffery.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) Faculty of Medicine and Human Sciences
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description	The main objective of the study was to examine whether the peer-to-peer health education was effective in changing the perception of the smoking outcomes among local adolescents in Kuching Sarawak. Nonparametric analyses of the scores showed that the peer-to-peer health education significantly changed the smoking outcomes perception among the participants in the intervention group (Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, p< .05) with significant change in the scale scores observed among the males (Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, p < .05). These modest findings lend credence that peer-to-peer health education is effective in changing the smoking outcomes perception among local adolescents with diverse cultural background.
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title	The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007
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The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007

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