ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM ON RURAL AND URBAN ADOLESCENTS' HEALTH KNOWLEDGE.
Contributors: Walden University.
Published: 1996
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Health Sciences, Public Health.; Education, Health.
Description: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the Cardiovascular Health Education Program (C.H.E.P.) on the cardiovascular health knowledge of participating adolescents. The study used a quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group research design with a pretest and posttest to assess the impact of the Cardiovascular Health Education Program (C.H.E.P.) on the cardiovascular health knowledge of grade eight adolescents. One-hundred and forty-six adolescents participated in the study, with 88 in the experimental group and 58 in the control group. One hundred and two of the adolescents resided in a rural region and 44 of the adolescents resided in an urban region in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The findings from this study indicate that the C.H.E.P. did have significant impact on the cardiovascular health knowledge of the rural adolescents (p $<$.05), but did not have a comparable impact on the cardiovascular health knowledge of the urban adolescents. The findings also indicate that there was no significant difference between rural and urban cardiovascular health knowledge, prior to implementation of the program. These findings support the need for the implementation of the C.H.E.P. with this population. This study also shows that primary health care nurses can design, implement, and evaluate community-based health promotion programs for targeted populations.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-03, Section: B, page: 1711.

Thesis (PH.D.)--WALDEN UNIVERSITY, 1996.

School code: 0543.