Elementary school children's knowledge and intended behavior towards hearing conservation.

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Hsiaochuanen_US
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Minjuen_US
dc.contributor.authorWei, Jiuhunhwaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-17en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-03T14:47:16Z
dc.date.available2008-10-17en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-03T14:47:16Z
dc.date.issued2008-10-17en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purposes of the study were to investigate children's knowledge about hearing conservation, the types of protective behaviors they would adopt towards noise, the agreement between children's knowledge and intended behaviors in hearing protection, and reasons why they would not take any protective action against noise. A questionnaire was administered to 479 4 th and 5 th graders in their school classrooms. Results indicated that children scored low (62.01%) on this hearing conservation questionnaire. They scored the highest in strategies of hearing protection (69.89%), followed by their knowledge in general hearing health (62.56%) and noise hazards (49.65%). Only 55% of the children knew that hearing protective devices could protect them against noise. Approximately 28% of the children did not intend to adopt any protective behavior towards noise and the major reason for this was a lack of knowledge. Children's knowledge and their noise-protective behavior were correlated ( P < 0.05). However, possessing knowledge did not guarantee that children would adopt such behaviors when they were exposed to loud sounds. Hence, it is important to increase children's knowledge about hearing protection and hazardous noise as well as to encourage actual protective actions.en_US
dc.description.affiliationNational Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan. chenhc@nknucc.nknu.edu.twen_US
dc.identifier.citationChen H, Huang M, Wei J. Elementary school children's knowledge and intended behavior towards hearing conservation. Noise & Health. 2008 Oct-Dec; 10(41): 105-9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/122144
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.noiseandhealth.orgen_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshEar Protective Devicesen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Behavioren_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Education --methodsen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practiceen_US
dc.subject.meshHearing Loss, Noise-Induced --etiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshQuestionnairesen_US
dc.subject.meshSchool Health Servicesen_US
dc.titleElementary school children's knowledge and intended behavior towards hearing conservation.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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