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The Effects of an Osterporosis Educational Intervention on Osteoporosis Knowledge Among College-Aged Women
by
Leah J. Wallbourn M.S.

Abstract
This study assessed whether college women given a multi-media osteoporosis educational program demonstrated higher levels of osteoporosis knowledge than college women not exposed to the intervention. The study also assessed the content of the questions that were most frequently answered correctly and most frequently answered incorrectly. A quasi-experimental design with one intervention group and one comparison group was employed to test the effectiveness of the educational program. Participants were a convenience sample of 123 American University female students. Findings revealed that subjects exposed to the intervention significantly increased knowledge while comparison subjects showed no change. Findings further revealed that the majority of women were able to identify inadequate calcium and physical inactivity as risk factors associated with the disease, however responded incorrectly most frequently to questions dealing with populations at risk and alcohol abuse. A multi-media educational program appears to be effective in increasing osteoporosis knowledge among this population.
2000.

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