{"title":"Awareness of Heart Disease Among Female College Students","authors":"Ghadah Alshuwaiyer, E. Taylor","doi":"10.47779/ajhs.2014.227","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This cross-sectional study assessed the knowledge of female students about heart disease (HD). A sample of 334 students (age=18-64 years) completed a 43-item survey. Students (32%) considered themselves “not informed” about HD. Yet, HD was identified as a main health problem (30.5%) and a leading cause of death (60%; p < .05). Students with private health insurance (54%) visited the doctor regularly versus those without private or known type of insurance (6.4% and 2.1%, respectively; p < .05). Students identified exercise (73.8%) and aromatherapy (14.1%) as preventive methods for HD. To increase HD awareness among female students, educational opportunities should be incorporated into coursework.","PeriodicalId":88360,"journal":{"name":"American journal of health studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American journal of health studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.47779/ajhs.2014.227","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This cross-sectional study assessed the knowledge of female students about heart disease (HD). A sample of 334 students (age=18-64 years) completed a 43-item survey. Students (32%) considered themselves “not informed” about HD. Yet, HD was identified as a main health problem (30.5%) and a leading cause of death (60%; p < .05). Students with private health insurance (54%) visited the doctor regularly versus those without private or known type of insurance (6.4% and 2.1%, respectively; p < .05). Students identified exercise (73.8%) and aromatherapy (14.1%) as preventive methods for HD. To increase HD awareness among female students, educational opportunities should be incorporated into coursework.
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