Computer-based health education as a tool to improve health-related knowledge, attitude and practices of Arab college/university students in Israel
Completed
- Conditions
- Health behaviors (smoking, dietary habits, physical activity, and seat belt use)Mental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN59207794
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Haifa (Israel)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 350
Inclusion Criteria
1. Male and female Arab students attending colleges and universities in Israel during 2007-2011
2. Agde 18 years and older
Exclusion Criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Smoking knowledge and behavior (cigarette and Nargila) assessed using the CDC's Global Youth Tobacco Survey<br>2. Dietary behavior and knowledge (fruit and vegetable consumption, fat consumption, dairy consumption, fast food intake), assessed by questions from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) <br>3. Physical activity assessed by questions from the NHANES and BRFSS <br>4. Seat belt use and knowledge, assessed by questions from the BRFSS<br>The intervention and control groups were compared at one month and six-months follow-up (control: baseline measures).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Number of cigarettes smoked; number of times Nargila is smoked per week<br>2. Intention to change smoking, nutrition, and exercise behaviors <br>3. Social perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs regarding health behaviors<br>4. Engagement with the online intervention including number of times educational feedback is visited <br>5. Preference and acceptability of web-based health education program (from focus group sessions)<br>6. Satisfaction from the web-based program