This study was conducted (i) to recommend the high-scored education method as a adaptable method, and (ii) to find the most influential factor among the three acceptability components(feasibility factor, stimulation factor and reliability factor) to urban or rural residents. The accept-ability score of each health education method currently existing in urban and rural area was estimated.
A total of 257 households in Guro 6-dong, Seoul, and 233 households in Jeomdong-myeon, Yeoju-gun, were sampled by interview survey using questionnaire.
The four types of health education methods used in this study are; printed matter method, mai-ling service method, personal contact method, and group contact method.
The major findings obtained from this research are as follows;
1) In urban area, the highest-scored in terms of acceptability is the personal contact method, followed by the mailing service, the printed matter, and the group contact. The mailing service method is found to´ be effective especially for the intelligent group people
2) In rural area, the highest-scored in terms of acceptability is also the personal contact method, followed by the group contact, and printed matter method.
In general, the group contact method is effective toward both urban-poor and rural housewives (especially in stimulation factor).
To improve the health consciousness of the residents, there arises the need for the existing edu-cation program into better organized and diversified one and for educating health educators by providing in depth health knowledge.
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