Perceptions and use of sources of health knowledge by young adolescents.
Perceptions and use of sources of health knowledge by young adolescents.
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DOI：
10.1515/ijamh-2016-0002
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发表时间：
2016-06-14
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通讯作者：
Newton, Genevieve S
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作者：
Racey, Megan;Machmueller, David;Newton, Genevieve S
背景：了解青少年如何获取健康知识以及他们目前在哪里寻求健康相关问题的答案，可能有助于制定既有吸引力又有效的干预措施，并可能有助于改善短期和长期的健康状况。 目的：本研究旨在调查按性别分层的青少年对健康知识来源的看法和使用情况。 方法：对 143 名参与者进行了 30 个时长 50 分钟的焦点小组讨论。焦点小组问题围绕以下三个主要类别建立：知识来源，包括首选来源、一般健康获取的来源以及个人/敏感健康获取的来源；健康信息和行为改变，包括影响行为改变的健康知识呈现的特征；和学习偏好以促进行为改变。对焦点小组记录进行内容分析。结果：性别之间对健康知识来源的使用相似，但与个人健康问题相比，一般性知识来源之间存在一些差异。此外，动机似乎是健康行为改变的主要影响因素，知识被报告为积极和中性的影响，尤其是在饮食和锻炼领域。最后，青少年报告了健康知识呈现的几个特征，他们认为这些特征会激发积极的行为改变，包括参与性和参与性活动。 结论：在制定改善青少年健康相关行为的干预措施时应考虑这些结果，尽管建议未来进行研究以量化该人群对健康知识来源的使用。
BACKGROUND: Understanding how adolescents acquire health knowledge and where they currently seek answers to health-related questions may facilitate the development of interventions that will be both engaging and effective, and may help to improve health over the short- and long-term.OBJECTIVE: The present study sought to investigate the perception and use of sources of health knowledge by young adolescents as stratified by gender.METHODS: Thirty 50-min long focus groups were conducted with 143 participants. Focus group questions were built around the following three main categories: sources of knowledge, including preferred sources, sources accessed for general health, and sources accessed for personal/sensitive health; health information and behaviour change, including characteristics of health knowledge presentation that have influenced behaviour change; and learning preferences to promote behaviour change. Content analysis of focus group transcripts was performed.RESULTS: The use of sources of health knowledge was similar between genders, with some differences noted between sources accessed for general as compared to personal health questions. As well, motivation appeared to be the primary influence of health behaviour change, with knowledge being reported as both as positive and neutral influence, most notably in the areas of diet and exercise. Lastly, adolescents reported several characteristics of health knowledge presentation that they felt would motivate positive behaviour change, including engaging and participatory activities.CONCLUSION: These results should be considered in the development of interventions to improve health-related behaviour in adolescents, although future research to quantify the use of sources of health knowledge by this population is recommended.