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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| 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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| spelling | unimas-6052025-06-16T07:15:37Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/605/ The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007 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 NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/605/2/Jeffery.pdf Jeffery, anak Stephen (2009) The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS). |
| spellingShingle | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Jeffery, anak Stephen The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007 |
| title | The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007 |
| title_full | The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007 |
| title_fullStr | The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007 |
| title_short | The effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in Kuching, Sarawak, 2007 |
| title_sort | effect of peer-to-peer health education on the perception of the smoking outcomes among adolescents in kuching, sarawak, 2007 |
| topic | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/605/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/605/2/Jeffery.pdf |