EVALUATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS PROGRAM IN THE GAZA STRIP PALESTINE

Amal Sarsour (), Abdelnaser Omran (), Yahia Abid () and Guy Robinson ()
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Amal Sarsour: The Palestinian Health and Research Council El Naser Street Gaza Strip, Postal: PS
Abdelnaser Omran: School of Economic Finance and Banking College of Business Universiti Utara Malaysia Kedah, Postal: MY
Yahia Abid: School of Public Health Al Quds University Gaza Strip, Postal: PS
Guy Robinson: Centre for Regional Engagement University of South Australia, Postal: AU

Journal of Advanced Research in Management, 2014, vol. 5, issue 2, 249-267

Abstract: Environmental education aims to extend students knowledge about the environment challenge the attitudes and behaviors that form the basis of environmental citizenship and develop skills to enable them to take pro environmental action Quantitative and qualitative approaches were applied to measure the influence of an Outdoor environmental health awareness program for children in Gaza city Palestine Program impacts on children s knowledge attitudes and behaviors were examined by incorporating observations of children s engagement in Program activities as well as conducting a focus group discussion with the children A self reported questionnaire was applied to collect data for the assessment of the effectiveness of a short term environmental health awareness program implemented for the 4th 5th and 6th grades of a children s primary school in an after school setting in Gaza City Pre and post tests were designed to determine the changes in the levels of environmental health knowledge attitudes and behaviors of school children who participated in this program

Date: 2014
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