The Effect of Using Facebook on Spreading Health Education among Zagazig University Students | ||
| Journal of Applied Sports Science | ||
| Article 6, Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2016, Pages 43-53 PDF (501.01 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jass.2016.84574 | ||
| Author | ||
| Gehan Yahia Mahmoud | ||
| Faculty of Physical Education for Girls, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The main purpose of the present study is to identify: the health education level of students in Zagazig University - the effect of using Facebook on spreading the health education of the students- the differences in the health education level between students based on: gender- place of living ( rural vs urban )– major ( humanities vs scientific). The researcher used the descriptive approach because it was most suitable for the nature of the study. The sample (N=235) was randomly chosen from Zagazig University students. For data collection, the researcher used the health education questionnaire and the Facebook‘s effect questionnaire. This study found that : the sample had a high health education level ,Facebook affects the health education level of the students , there are differences between male and female students in some health education dimensions for the males whereas there are no differences between them in Facebook’s effect. The study also found that, there are statistically significant differences between rural and urban students in some of the health education dimensions for the latter group whereas there are differences between them in Facebook’s effect for the rural students. There are statistically significant differences between the science and the humanities majors in some dimensions of health and in Facebook’s effect of for the humanities major students. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Facebook; Health Education | ||
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