Journal of Education and Health Promotion

A study on physical activity by a need‑based curriculum for students in a rural area of West Bengal

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Nirmalya Biswas
. Nazrul Mallick 1
. Aparajita Dasgupta 2
. Rabindra Nath Sinha 3
. Indranil Saha 4
. Bobby Paul 2

1 Department of Community Medicine, Raiganj Government Medical College and Hospital, Raiganj, West Bengal, India

2 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

3 Health Education and Promotion, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

4 Department of Community Medicine, I Q City Medical College and Hospital, Durgapur, West Bengal, India

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Students must be made aware about the essentiality of optimum level of physical
activity and the fact that it is the key to good health and an important technique to prevent and control
a lot of noncommunicable diseases including depression and other related mental ill‑health.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: It was an institution‑based intervention study among 187 Madrasah
students of classes VII and VIII, conducted in five‑phase assessment of the training needs of
Madrasah students on different aspects of healthy lifestyle, development of a need‑based module
to be used by teachers to impart training of students through classroom setting, training of teachers
to use the module to train students, training of students by the trained teachers in classroom setting,
and evaluation of effectiveness of the training module.
RESULTS: The mean pretest knowledge score in study Madrasah was 2.64 ± 1.35 (Mean ± SD)
and post test score was 4.13 ± 0.88 (Mean ± SD). In paired t‑test, t‑value was 13.54 and P < 0.05
with effect size of 1.370 (Cohen’s d). Practice related to the mean score in pretest was 2.38 ± 1.08
and posttest score was 2.73 ± 1.03. In paired test, t‑value was 6.25 and P < 0.05 with effect size of
0.458 (Cohen’s d).
CONCLUSIONS: The study revealed the effectiveness of training by teachers using the module
developed by the researcher to address significant changes in lifestyle‑related issues.

Keywords

Curriculum
healthy lifestyle
noncommunicable disease
physical activity
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 10, Issue 10
October 2020
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