BACKGROUND

Family Medicine educators play a vital role in the age of Universal Health in the Philippines to strengthen the competencies of primary care providers through education and training; hence the need for pedagogy and content to harmonise with technology in the midst of modern-day global trends and standards, and of the changing needs of 21st century learners. These educators benefit from quality improvement methods that begin with benchmarking and monitoring though valid and reliable measurements.

METHODS

This study aimed to develop a measurement tool for the attitudes of Family Medicine educators in optimising the use of technology in education by using the methodological development steps in creating assessment tools including content & face validation and modification of items generated from various behavioural models and a validated tool; simplifying the tool through factor analysis; and determining the reliability of its final version.

RESULTS & CONCLUSION

The study was able to create a questionnaire of 26 validated items with an overall internal consistency of 0.932, distributed into six subscales with beyond-satisfactory-to- excellent reliabilities.

Human ; Attitude ; Educational Technology

Despite the existing campaigns on obesity prevention, there's still high incidence which can lead to complications. This study determined the effectiveness of obesity prevention campaign (OPC) among adolescents, and the difference according to sex and groups. Aquasi-experimental time-series design was used. The participants were 56 Grade 7 high school students from Baguio City, randomly chosen through one-stage cluster sampling, assigned in the interventions groups, assessed using a self-made questionnaire, introduced with OPC and reassessed for three weeks. Frequency percentages and Chi-square were utilized. The brochure plus health teaching is an effective OPC. There is a significant difference in BMI according to sex of the adolescents. The OPC yielded effective results in the physical aspects for both groups. Repeated campaign can produce a successful effect in preventing obesity among adolescents. Utilization of either the brochure alone or brochure with health teaching is enough to create a successful change.

Human ; Adolescent (a Person 13-18 Years Of Age) ; Obesity ; Adolescent ; Health Promotion