Evaluation of a Virtual Class on Lifelong Health Care for Women.
10.4040/jkan.2006.36.7.1265
- Author:
Jeong Sook PARK
1
;
Jin Hyang YANG
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea. jsp544@kmu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract ; Evaluation Studies ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Virtual class;
Women's health;
Health promotion;
Health status
- MeSH:
Adult;
Computer-Assisted Instruction;
Education, Nursing;
Educational Measurement;
Female;
*Health Education;
Health Promotion;
Health Status;
Humans;
Program Evaluation;
Students, Nursing/psychology;
Teaching;
*Women's Health
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2006;36(7):1265-1273
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was to evaluate a virtual class, 'lifelong health care for women', for female university students. METHOD: The research design was one group pre-post design. A pretest and posttest were conducted to measure CMI, perceived health status, health promoting lifestyle, and knowledge related to women's health. The subjects of this study were 74 female students in 3 universities, and they were provided with the virtual class by K university consortium for 16 weeks. Data was analyzed by descriptive and paired t-test. RESULTS: There were statistically significant differences in CMI (t=3.367, p=.001), perceived health status (t=-2.788, p=.007), and knowledge related to women's health (t=-10,432, p=.000) between the pretest and posttest. However, there was not a statistically significant difference in a health promoting lifestyle (t=-1.431, p=.157) between the pretest and posttest. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that a virtual class on lifelong health care for women is aneffective method in decreasing health problems, and improving perceived health status and knowledge related to women's health by female university students.
