title: Effectiveness of a health course at influencing preservice teachers' attitudes toward teaching health.
abstract: Research has shown that effective school health education depends on the effectiveness of health training for prospective teachers. This research tested the effectiveness of a university course in preparing preservice teachers in the area of school health. Education majors enrolled in the course "Drug and Health Issues for Educators" at Montana State University were administered a pretest/posttest questionnaire at the beginning and end of spring semester 2000 to gather data for testing five hypotheses. Analyses were conducted on 119-paired samples. The course appeared effective at influencing how a preservice teacher values health education in the school, their intentions to include and confidence in including health in their teaching, and their ability to provide a student with information on personal health issues.
authors.affiliation: Montana State University, 104 Hosaeus Complex, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA. stclack@avicom.net
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Myers-Clack
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Christopher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009009:Montana; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods