Mevsimlik Tarım İşçisi Gençlerin Sağlıklı Yaşam Bilgi ve Davranışlarına Akran Eğitiminin Etkisi/The Effect of Peer Education on the Healthy-Life Knowledge and Behavior of Young Seasonal Farmworkers
| Autor: | Zeynep Simsek, Evin Kırmızıtoprak |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Turkish |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Turkish Journal of Public Health, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1304-1088 1304-1096 |
| Popis: | Objective: To evaluate the effects of peer education on young seasonal farmworkers’ healthy life knowledge and behavior related to living arrangement, pesticide use, and reproductive - sexual health.Method: In this controlled-experimental design study, two settlements with similar characteristics were selected experiment and control group. Twenty six youths from experimental area were selected and trained as peer educator. One-hundred young people from among the 650 in that neighborhood that received training were randomly selected and compared with the control group, which consisted of 125 youths. For data collection, a questionnaire developed by the authors was used. The questionnaires were applied in face-to-face interview. A total of 113 young people were reached in the intervention group (response rate 90%), and 118 young people were reached in the control group (response rate 94%). It was used t-test, chi-square and analyses of variance for statistical analyses.Findings: No significant differences were detected between the intervention and control groups with regards to age, gender, duration of work as farmworkers or level of education (p>0.05). The difference between the total scores of the intervention and control groups (respectively;50.8±8.6- 27.2±9.1) and the scores of sub domains were significant (pConclusion: The peer education model could be of use in the development of healthy life skills among young seasonal farmworkers. |
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