Assessment of learners’ exposure to health education and promotion at school in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Assessment of learners’ exposure to health education and promotion at school in the Limpopo Province of South Africa | |
| Creator | Tosin, Oni H. Tshitangano, Takalani G. | |
| Description | Background: School participation and educational attainment among adolescents have been rising rapidly in the developing world. Thus, to attain Millennium Development Goal 6 (Combat HIV and/or AIDs, malaria and other diseases), it is crucial to seize the opportunity to educate and encourage teenagers about healthy choices and proper social behaviours that will continue into adulthood.Aim: This study aimed to assess the exposure of rural secondary school learners to health education and promotion at schools in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.Setting: This study was carried out at 10 secondary schools in Vhumbedzi educational circuit.Methodology: The study adopted a cross-sectional quantitative approach. Data were collected from 338 randomly selected learners from 10 secondary schools that make up a rural Vhumbedzi circuit in the Limpopo province. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data.Results: The findings showed that, 102 (66.07%) male and 121 (67.60%) female learners reported that they were taught about physical changes that occur during adolescence. In the same vein, most of the participants (n = 128, 84.39%) and (n = 152, 85.39%) males and females respectively claimed to have been taught about sexually transmitted diseases.Conclusion: In this study the secondary schools in the Limpopo Province of South Africa are making efforts to uphold and expose their learners to health education and promotion at school.Keyword: Health education and promotion, adolescents, school, learners | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2016-06-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/phcfm.v8i2.932 | |
| Source | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 8, No 2 (2016); 5 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928 | |
| Language | eng | |
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