Browsing by Author "Joseph, Bebeley Samuel"

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Adolescents’ Health Literacy Level of Muscle Atrophy Due Physical, Medical and Exercise Factors
(World Wide Journals, 2016-06-08) Joseph, Bebeley Samuel
Study Focus: This study aimed atevaluating adolescents’ health literacylevel of muscle atrophy due physical, exercise and medical factors with one hundred and twenty participants ( n=120 )of mean and standard age 16.5±3.5 ranged from 13-20 years sampled using the systematic random sampling method, with variablestestedatOne-sample t-Test of IBM-SPSS Version 23. **Results:** The Comparative analysis from the test showedsignificance difference in scoresfor all tested variables with pre-test and post-test t-scores of 08.531-&-26.202 in table 2 ; 13.712 -&- 49.239 in table 4, and 11.116-&-20.281 in table 6 @ \* p<0.000 2-tailed significance level with test-value of 0.05 . **Conclusion:** There wasa significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores for all tested variables as evidenced also in their mean scores, percentages, frequencies and 95% confidence interval difference scores. **Recommendation:** It is recommended that, health literacyis taught in schoolsduring health and physical education classes.
Adolescents’ Physical Education Literacy Level Due Developmental, Humanistic and Fitness Factors.
(2017-03-01) Joseph, Bebeley Samuel
Study Focus:This study only aimed at evaluating adolescents' physical education literacy level due developmental, humanistic and fitness factors, cased at four selected senior high schools in Bo, Southern Sierra Leone, West Africa.Methods:Adolescents' physical education literacy level questionnaire (APELQ) was adopted and pre-tested as research instrument for testing the parameters.The variables were scaled using One-Sample t-Test of IBM-SPSSv.23Statistics, witha sampled size of110participants, meanage of\[15.5±3.5\]ranged from (12-19)years, were selected using stratified and simple random sampling methods.Results: The evaluated adolescents' physical education literacy statistical testresults showeda significant difference in meanand frequency (F) scores for all tested variables with developmental factors scored lowest 23.8±5.9with a frequency of 143of pre-test and fitness factors scored highest36.0±4.9with a frequency of 216of pre-testin tables 2 and 6 respectively.The resultswere scaled @ 2-tailed significance of \*p<0.000 and \*\*p<0.001.Conclusion and Recommendation:It was concluded that,agood number of adolescents lack the basic literacyof physical education asslated in their calculated values and responses.Giving due attention to the teaching and learning of Physical Education in schools, was strongly recommended by the researchers.
Athletes Abstinence Knowledge from Eating Disorders like Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and Binge Eating Disorder (BED), as Health Education Method in Decreasing Unhealthy Ageing with Reference to Physical and Mental Health
(2017-06-01) Joseph, Bebeley Samuel
**Aim:** The objective of this study was to point out abstinence knowledge in decreasing unhealthy ageing with reference to physical and mental health, with justification to evaluate athlete's abstinence knowledge from eating disorders like Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and Binge Eating Disorder (BED) as health education method in decreasing unhealthy ageing with reference to physical and mental health among athletes at Njala Campus.Method: Behavioral Health Risk Modified Survey Questionnaire (BHRMSQ) was the research instrument for the survey.The variables of the findings were proved at level of significance p<0.05 through an inferential statistical instrument called Dependent t-test (t).The researchers interviewed mainly undergraduate athletes with an average number of one hundred and fifty (n=150), of which 37% (n=55) female and 63% (n=95) male, were selected using the stratified random sampling.Also stratified were 43.2% (n=65) from the School of Agriculture-to-Environmental Science; 57% (n=85) from the School of Education-to-Technology; 83 % (n=125) from level (100-to-200); 17% (n=25) from level (300-to-400); 60% (n=90) within the age circle of (18-to-25); 40% (n=60) within the age circle of (26-to-30+) in years.Results: Analysis shows negative skewedness in all three variables as placed in tabulated values (t-scores of 0.237, 0.452 and 0.318)of 5, 7 and 9 when proved at p < 0.05.Conclusion: The findings demonstrated that majority of athletes' lack abstinence knowledge from eating disorders like Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and Binge Eating Disorder (BED) regarding health education method in decreasing unhealthy ageing with reference to physical and mental health among athletes at Njala Campus.
Knowledge of University Athletes about Knowing and Monitoring of Vital Signs of Blood Pressure (BP), Heart Rate (HR) and Body Mass Index (BMI) as Preventive Strategy in Reducing Early and Unsuccessful Ageing Cased at Njala Campus
(2017-06-01) Joseph, Bebeley Samuel
**Aim:** To assess the preventive strategy in reducing early and unsuccessful ageing among University Athletes using Njala Campus as a case study, with the significance to measure and evaluate the knowledge of University Athlete about knowing and monitoring of vital signs of blood pressure \[BP\], heart rate \[HR\] and body mass index \[BMI\] as preventive strategy in reducing early and unsuccessful ageing.Method: The modified health risk behavioural survey questionnaire \[MHRBSQ\] was adopted for testing the parameters.The respondents interviewed were mainly undergraduate athletes with an aggregate of one hundred and fifty \[n=150\].However, 55 with 37% were female and 95 with 63% were male, selected using the systematic random sampling.Also sampled were four Schools:25 with 16.6% female and 40 with 26.6% male from the School of Agriculture & Environmental Science;30 with 20% female and 55 with 37% male from the School of Education & Technology, from level and from level , within the age range of \[18-30 year\].Results: Analysis of findings from knowing and monitoring of vital signs of blood pressure \[BP\], heart rate \[HR\] and body mass index \[BMI\], show a holistic significant difference in all three variables \[t-values of 4.666, 4.711 and 3.368 p<0.05\].Conclusion: Conclusively therefore, the findings show that majority of the University Athletes were experienced holistically in their knowledge about preventive strategy in reducing early and unsuccessful ageing with respect to the evaluated variables.It was recommended that University Athletes be given thoroughly supervised seminars, workshops and screening prior to any intercollegiate competitions held, with special reference to knowledge of vital signs.
Pupils’ Knowledge Level about the Contraindicationsof Cardiovascular Diseases of the HeartlikeDilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), Hypertensive Heart Disease (HHD) and Pulmonary Heart Disease (PHD) as Health Education Strategy in Preventive Health
(2017-07-06) Joseph, Bebeley Samuel
**Aim:** The objective of this study was to point out pupils' knowledge level about the contraindications of cardiovascular diseases of the heart like Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), Hypertensive Heart Disease (HHD) and Pulmonary Heart Disease (PHD) as health education strategy in preventive health cased at University Secondary School, Njala.Method: The researcher interviewed mainly high school pupils with a sampled number of one hundred and twenty (n=120).46% (n=55) female and 54% (n=65) male; 67% (n=80) Christians; 33% (n=40) Muslims; were selected using the stratified random sampling.Also stratified were58% (n=70) from the option Pure Science-to-General Science;42% (n=50) from the option Social Science-to-Applied Art; 29.2% (n=35) from SSS(One-to-Two); 70.8% (n=85) from SSS(Three-to-Four);62.8% (n=75) within the age circle of (13-to-17);37.5% (n=45) within the age circle of (18-to-25+) in years.Results: The variables of the finding were tested@ level of significance p < 0.05 through a statistical instrument of T-test.Analysis from the study objective, shows negative skewedness in all three variables as placed in tabulated values (t-scores of-0.802,0.529 and 2.129) of 2, 4 and 6 when tested@p < 0.05.Conclusion: In summing up due to the negative skewedness in all of the variables tested, the finding has demonstrated majority view of high school pupils' low level of knowledge about the contraindications of cardiovascular diseases of the heart as health education strategy in preventive health cased at University Secondary School.The researchers recommend that health education as a teaching subject be included in the schools' curriculum to help in the teaching of preventive health to school pupils.