HIV/AIDS: Preliminary Health Promotion activity based on service-learning principles in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Authors: Srinivas, Sunitha C , Wrench, Wendy M , Bradshaw, Karen L , Dukhi, Natisha
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/477629 , vital:78105
- Description: Objectives To investigate the effects of a service-learning based health promotion elective on knowledge of HIV and AIDS and ways to prevent them. Method A computer-based quiz, an information poster, an interactive board game and a take-home information leaflet on HIV/AIDS were developed by final year pharmacy students under supervision, as part of an exhibit during the 2009 National Festival of Science and Technology (SciFest) held in Grahamstown, South Africa. Predominantly school learners took part in the quiz and other educational activities. Results The majority (53.1%) of the 179 junior quiz participants were male learners and the majority (63.6%) of the 253 senior quiz participants were female learners. Results of the pre-intervention scores demonstrate fair knowledge of HIV/AIDS with 64.5% and 71.3% for the junior and senior school participants, respectively. Educational interventions resulted in improvement in the number of correct answers to some of the questions. The results showed significant genderdifferences for the pre- and post-intervention mean percentage scores among the junior quiz participants and only in the pre-intervention scores of the senior quizparticipants.Conclusion The health promotion elective was successful in raising awareness of HIV/AIDS but continuous, concerted health promotion activities and advocacyby all health care professionals is needed to address the prevention of HIV/AIDS.
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- Date Issued: 2013
Diabetes mellitus: Preliminary health-promotion activity based on service-learning principles at a South African national science festival
- Authors: Srinivas, Sunitha C , Wrench, Wendy M , Bradshaw, Karen L , Dukhi, Natisha
- Date: 2011
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/477592 , vital:78102
- Description: Objectives: To investigate the effects of a service-learning-based health promotion elective in influencing knowledge of diabetes mellitus (DM) and ways to prevent it. Method: A computer-based quiz, an information poster, interactive models and a take-home information leaflet on DM were developed as part of an exhibit during the 2009 National Festival of Science and Technology held in Grahamstown, South Africa. Predominantly school students visited the exhibit and took part in the quiz and other educational activities. Results: The majority of the 119 junior and 332 senior quiz participants were male students attending government schools in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. After an educational intervention, there was significant improvement in the junior quiz participants’ overall percentage knowledge scores (p-value = 0.024), while the senior quiz participants showed a markedly significant improvement in the overall percentage knowledge scores (p-value is less than 0.001). The results showed significant gender differences for both the pre- and post-intervention mean percentage scores among both groups, with better scores for female participants. Conclusion: The health-promotion elective was successful in raising awareness of DM. This approach may offer an additional tool that can be used in the continuous, concerted health promotion activities and advocacy by all healthcare professionals to address the prevention of DM.
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- Date Issued: 2011