Key result
High school health education module significantly boosts hypertension knowledge in students and their parents.
Why the study?
An alarming trend of sustained blood pressure elevation among children and adolescents motivated the study of health education to schoolchildren as a method to modify habits and educate their parents about hypertension prevention and control.
Does a health education module delivered to schoolchildren improve their own and their parents' knowledge regarding hypertension prevention and control?
Does a health education module delivered to schoolchildren improve their own and their parents' knowledge regarding hypertension prevention and control?
p-value: p=<0.001
Schoolchildren can effectively serve as health educators to improve their parents' knowledge about hypertension prevention and control.
May support school-based hypertension education; hypothesis-generating and requires trials assessing behavior change and BP outcomes.
BACKGROUND: An alarming trend of sustained blood pressure elevation among children and adolescents has been found. Health education to schoolchildren in their formative age is the most effective method to be able to modify their habits, and further, they can be enrolled as an effective health educator for their parents. OBJECTIVE: To study the effectiveness of health education module on study participants about prevention and control of hypertension (HTN) and the effectiveness of child as a health educator on parents' knowledge about prevention and control of HTN. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a control group among high school students in two urban secondary schools. There were 110 students and 100 parents each in the intervention and control groups. Modular training with interactive teaching–learning methods was conducted for students in the intervention group. They, in turn, educated their parents. RESULTS: Postintervention, the study results showed a higher median for various domains in the intervention group as compared to the control group among both students and parents. On applying Mann–Whitney test, this difference was statistically significant with P < 0.001. CONCLUSION: The increase in the knowledge of parents belonging to the intervention group suggests the effective transfer of knowledge from the students to their parents.
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Abhay Subhashrao Nirgude (2020) studied Hypertension (n=420). Health education module on prevention and control of hypertension vs. Control group was evaluated on Knowledge about prevention and control of hypertension (p=<0.001). A health education module delivered to high school students significantly improved the knowledge of both the students and their parents regarding hypertension prevention and control (P<0.001).
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