The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth
Obesity is a global emerging issue. In Malaysia, there has been a significant increase in such cases in the past few years. It is a big challenge for authorities to find out the effectiveness of newspaper as a medium for disseminating obesity information among Malaysian youth. This study aimed to...
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| description | Obesity is a global emerging issue. In Malaysia, there has been a significant increase in such cases
in the past few years. It is a big challenge for authorities to find out the effectiveness of newspaper
as a medium for disseminating obesity information among Malaysian youth. This study aimed to
examine the influences and effectiveness of newspaper in conveying health literacy of obesity
among Malaysian youth. It focused on their awareness level and perception towards obesity. In
this study, 300 Malaysian youth aged 18-25 participated in a survey. It was found that the
newspaper-oriented respondents have higher awareness of obesity than the non-newspaper
oriented respondents. However, the awareness among the overall respondents is still mainly
average. The results also indicate that newspaper is still resourceful in disseminating health
information. It is significantly positively related to the youth health literacy. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:105242017-07-10T06:36:34Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10524/ The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth Eng, May Chuen Michael, Edwin Teh, Boon Teck Obesity is a global emerging issue. In Malaysia, there has been a significant increase in such cases in the past few years. It is a big challenge for authorities to find out the effectiveness of newspaper as a medium for disseminating obesity information among Malaysian youth. This study aimed to examine the influences and effectiveness of newspaper in conveying health literacy of obesity among Malaysian youth. It focused on their awareness level and perception towards obesity. In this study, 300 Malaysian youth aged 18-25 participated in a survey. It was found that the newspaper-oriented respondents have higher awareness of obesity than the non-newspaper oriented respondents. However, the awareness among the overall respondents is still mainly average. The results also indicate that newspaper is still resourceful in disseminating health information. It is significantly positively related to the youth health literacy. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10524/1/16501-46350-1-SM.pdf Eng, May Chuen and Michael, Edwin and Teh, Boon Teck (2016) The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 32 (2). pp. 691-714. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/877 |
| spellingShingle | Eng, May Chuen Michael, Edwin Teh, Boon Teck The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth |
| title | The role of media socialization agents in
increasing obesity health literacy among
Malaysian youth |
| title_full | The role of media socialization agents in
increasing obesity health literacy among
Malaysian youth |
| title_fullStr | The role of media socialization agents in
increasing obesity health literacy among
Malaysian youth |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of media socialization agents in
increasing obesity health literacy among
Malaysian youth |
| title_short | The role of media socialization agents in
increasing obesity health literacy among
Malaysian youth |
| title_sort | role of media socialization agents in
increasing obesity health literacy among
malaysian youth |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10524/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10524/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10524/1/16501-46350-1-SM.pdf |