Effects of Correct Medication Education for Junior High School Students in Yilan county

• Main Authors: CHU SHU MIN, 朱淑敏
• Other Authors: 胡益進
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50164302809118881233

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 健康促進與衛生教育學系在職進修碩士班 === 101 === This study aims to explore how correct medication education affects students’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviorial intentions in junior high schools of Yilan City. Pretest-Posttest Designs, a Quasi-experimental Design, have been adopted in the study to indicate the effects between experimental group and control group. Research subjects were selected from two local junior high schools in Yilan City. The questionnaire was designed by the researcher and categorized under the knowledge of correct medication, attitude, and behavior. 215 copies of questionnaire from both groups (116 copies from experimental group, 99 copies from control group) were completed and regarded as valid. The effective rate of answering the questionnaire is 100%. All subjects were arranged for the pretest before the education intervention and proceeded the posttest in the following week after the education intervention. The researcher analyzed the data by utilizing the chi-square test, t test, paired t-test, and ANCOVA, and the research findings are； (A)it’s not evident for both experimental group and control group in relation to the knowledge of correct medication, attitudes, and behavorial intentions before the medication education, (B)it’s obvious that the students of experimental group scored higher on posttest than on pretest after the education intervention, (C)it’s also distinct that the students of experimental group scored higher than those of control group on the posttest after the education intervention, ( D)more than 80% of students in experimental group are satisfied with the correct medication education; furthermore, nearly 90% of students think that the medication education benefits their knowledge of correct medication, attitudes, and behaviors in their daily life. To sum up, more than 94% of students feel satisfactory for the medication education.