Effects of Episodic Variations in Web-Based Avian Influenza Education: Influence of Fear and Humor on Perception, Comprehension, Retention and Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Paul; Sorcar, Piya; Um, Sujung; Chung, Heedoo; Lee, Young Sung
Titel	Effects of Episodic Variations in Web-Based Avian Influenza Education: Influence of Fear and Humor on Perception, Comprehension, Retention and Behavior
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 24 (2009) 3, S.369-380 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyn031
Schlagwörter	Quasiexperimental Design; Health Promotion; Behavior Modification; Humor; Health Behavior; Elementary School Students; Internet; Fear; Health Education; Web Based Instruction; Diseases; Risk; Instructional Effectiveness; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Humoristische Darstellung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Furcht; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Web Based Training; Disease; Krankheit; Risiko; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	In order to provide empirical evidence on the role of a web-based avian influenza (AI) education program for mass communication and also ultimately help young children learn and develop healthy behaviors against AI and all types of influenza, an education program with two episodic variations (i.e. fear and humor) has been developed and examined with 183 fifth-grade elementary students. A quasi-experimental design was employed to find potential differential effects on the context-specific risk perception, AI knowledge acquisition, retention and behavior. The study results reveal that the fear appealed AI web-based education program was much more effective than the humor-based program in improving risk perception and educating the students about healthy behaviors (i.e. against influenza infection). However, a significant behavior change or improvement of health practices was not apparent on the post-tests (i.e. 1 month after the treatment) in either episode of the program. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10