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      The Effectiveness of Leaflets and Posters as a Health Education Method

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          Abstract

          Introduction:

          Health education is a process of acquiring knowledge and skills in order to improve the health of the individual and the community. It is considered the most effective, most economical and most rational aspect of health care and health culture.

          Aim

          To provide data on the effectiveness of printed health-educational materials.

          Methods

          This is a quantitative, applied, descriptive-analytical study. According to the type of research, it presents a public health evaluation manipulative study with triple testing. The research was conducted in elementary schools in the Zenica-Doboj Canton. The total number of students participating in the research is divided into groups: examined, control group. The research consisted of four phases. The research tool is a modified questionnaire The Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) with 38 questions, 8 modules.

          Results

          The total number of respondents was 120. The method of distribution of health-educational posters shows a lower but still present statistical significance (p<0.05) in relation to the acquired knowledge and a change in attitudes between the conducted surveys at different time points. There is no statistically significant change (p>0.05) in the level of knowledge and attitudes using leaflets between conducted surveys at three different times. In the control group without education, there was a low statistical significance (p<0.05) in terms of changing the level of knowledge and attitudes.

          Conclusion

          The distribution of health-educational posters is recommended in situations where it is necessary to reach a wide audience for a long period of time, if the site of the poster is protected. According to this study, there is no evidence that the leaflet distribution method should be used when it comes to the promotion of healthy lifestyles among healthy children. Alternative methods and ways of health education need to be identified.

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                Journal
                Mater Sociomed
                Mater Sociomed
                Materia Socio-Medica
                AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina )
                1512-7680
                1986-597X
                June 2020
                : 32
                : 2
                : 135-139
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Institute for Health and Food Safety Zenica, Department for School Hygiene, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
                [2 ]Medical Faculty, Unversity of Zenica, Health Care Study Section
                [3 ]Institute for Public Health FB&H; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
                Author notes
                Corresponding author: Nino Hasanica. Institute for Health and Food Safety Zenica Fra Ivana Jukića 2, 72000 Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. +387 32 448 027; +387 32 448 000. nino_hasanica@ 123456hotmail.com ; nino. hasanica@ 123456inz.ba . ORCID ID: http//www.orcid.org/0000-0002-7571-0467.
                Article
                MSM-32-135
                10.5455/msm.2020.32.135-139
                7428890
                32843863
                078e5503-c9b8-42e9-a230-3b000b00cc07
                © 2020 Nino Hasanica, Aida Ramic-Catak, Adnan Mujezinovic, Sead Begagic, Kenan Galijasevic, Mirza Oruc

                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 19 March 2020
                : 20 May 2020
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                health education,hbsc,healthy lifestyles,public health
                health education, hbsc, healthy lifestyles, public health

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