Disciplines
Nursing | Public Health and Community Nursing
Publication Date
2017
Document Type
Poster
DOI
10.25778/sm7t-fe04
Abstract
The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of community health teaching focused on the importance of increasing home temperature in order to reduce respiratory symptoms and disease. Studies exists that prove that under-heated homes cause high-risk for children to develop respiratory illnesses. Our methods include a pretest-posttest which will be used to evaluate the learning of the parents. An adapted Health Belief Model survey using a standard Likert scale will also be used. Analysis will be conducted using demographic information and reported using descriptive data. Survey data will be reported using inferential data and analyzed with a matched t-test to determine if there was a change. Limits in this study are: self-reporting nature, volunteer sampling, and lack of control of extraneous variables.
Recommended Citation
Vico, Allora; Estep, Daisy; Hamilton, Raynee; Melton, Ruby; and Gelman, Zhanna
(2017)
"The Effect of Community Health Education on Respiratory Illnesses in Children Living in Under-Heated Homes,"
OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal: Vol. 4, Article 15.
DOI: 10.25778/sm7t-fe04
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ourj/vol4/iss1/15
