Level of Health Awareness for male and female students of Community College in Al-Quway'iyah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the level of health awareness for male and female students of community college in Al-Quway'iyah from their point of view. It also aimed to identify the presence of statistically significant differences among responses of these students towards the level of practicing health awareness skills due to the following variables (gender, major and academic level).

The researcher used the descriptive approach and applied the questionnaire to a sample of male and female students of community college in Al-Quway'iyah.

The researcher achieved the following results:

- Total average of study sample responses to sentences of the first axe related to (personal hygiene) was (2.5595) in favour of female students.

- Total average of study sample responses to sentences of the second axe related to (body nourishment) was (2.2069) in favour of male students.

- Total average of study sample responses to sentences of the third axe related to (practicing sports) was (2.0345) in favour of male students.

- Total average of study sample responses to sentences of the fourth axe related to (disease prevention) was (2.0879) in favour of male students.

- Total average of study sample responses to sentences of the four axes of the study was (2.2222) in a neutral degree.

- There are statistically significant differences among the study sample responses in the first axe due to the (gender) variable in favour of female students.

- There are statistically significant differences among the study sample responses in the second, third and fourth axes of the - study due to the (gender) variable in favour of male students.

- There are not statistically significant differences among the study sample responses due to the (major and academic level) variables.