The purpose of this study was to make a comparative analysis of nursing students interest in health matters concerning themselves and compare it to non-nursing students.
The results were to be categorized and used as health content recommendation when organizing health curriculum and planning health education programmes.
The instruments used this study were "The Health Inventory and The Health Need Inventory introduced to 80 items from 125 items by Lee in Korea(1980).
There was a very high correlation between the 125 items and condensed 80 items (r=0.9508, t=11.0643, p<.001).
The convenience sample was chosen from 226 nursing students and 204 non-nursing students in the departments of humanities of college in Inchun and Ansan from March 4 to April 5, 1996.
Data were analyzed by the SAS computer Program.
The results are as follow:
When comparing health interest of nursing student group with non-nursing student group, total group mean of nursing students was significantly higher than that of non-nursing students (t=2.977 p<.01).
But the rank order of the nursing student group was similar to that of the non-nursing group and what nursing student felt interested was coincident with what non-nursing students felt as being necessary.
The most interested health area between nursing student and non-nursing students were 「personal hygiene & grooming」, 「weight control」, 「sex education」, 「mental health」.
On the other hand the least interested health areas were, 「smoking and health」, 「alcohol and health」, 「drug and narcotics」 in non-nursing students but in nursing students 「structure and function of body」, 「dental health」,「safety」.
Comparing students health interest by major in college, total group mean of nursing students is significantly higher than that of non-nursing students in 14 health areas including 「community health」, 「control and prevention disease」「consumer health」「family health」「mental health」 「personal hygiene and grooming」「safety」「structure and function of body」, 「sex education」 「alcohol and health」「drug and narcotics」 and 「smoking and health」.
The following recommendations could be made considering the above mentioned factors:
1. The priority of health content should reflect the items to the highest interest area of students and highest need area of adults.
2. The health items which were significantly different in the area of health interest, by major should be used in planning health education programmes and organizing health curricula.
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