Research in health educational needs of the aged in Kaohsiung

• Main Authors: Tsai Mong-Chen, 蔡孟岑
• Other Authors: Wang Chiou-Rong
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00426679083414490551

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 社會教育研究所 === 92 === The main point of this research is to study the senior citizens in need of health education who appear in the age’s activities center in Kaohsiung. The researcher provides 200 questionnaires to the age’s activities center, and retrieves 195 questionnaires. We achieve the following nine conclusions: 1.The senior citizens who’ need more physiology health educational than life health educational need. 2.In physiological health educational need, The old men respect for the situation and lightness of illness；The old women respect for the cause and lightness of illness , but they also respect for the knowledge of medicines. The old men and women’s other need are the same. 3.In health educational need, the old men who are retired are more than the old men who are not retired. 4.In health educational need, the old men who live in Kaohsiung north area are more than the old men who live in Kaohsiung south area. 5.Among the old who have different are layer, health educational needs in 81-85 years old are more than health educational needs in 66-70 years old. 6.Among the old who have different social-economical status, the high social-economical status has most health educational needs; the highest social-economical status has lowest health educational needs. 7.Among the old who have different health self-assessment, the unhealthy old have most health educational needs; the healthy old have more physiologic, psychological and societal health educational needs. 8.Among the old who have different income self-assessment, the old who have enough income have more health educational needs; the old who haven’t enough income have lower health educational needs. 9.Among the old who have different life conditions, the old who live alone have more health educational needs than the old who live with family member.