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The Role of Health Information Resources in Forming the Health Awareness of Saudi Women: Applied Study in Riyadh
Auther : Abdul-Aziz Ali Al-Ghareeb
The objective of this study is to identify the sources of health awareness for Saudi women, identifying the benefit from such sources in health awareness, identifying the relationship between Saudi women>s usage of such sources and their level of health awareness, identifying the views and trends of Saudi women towards the role of sources in raising their social and health awareness. The researcher conducted a field study by using the social survey on samples of society, and gathered data by using questionnaires on a random sample of 450 Saudi woman. The key results of the study: the order of health awareness sources, as seen by Saudi woman are: first, medical magazines, second, visual media, third, health centers, foyrth, written media, fifth, the internet, and sixth, relatives and friends. The study also indicated, regarding the Saudi woman>s follow up of mass media in the health awareness field, that following the written media was in first place, second, health magazines, third visual media, fourth, the internet, fifth, health centers and sixth, relatives and friends. Further, the study indicated that a number of health values benefited from health awareness. There is a relationship between using the sources and the Saudi woman>s health awareness level. Finally, the researcher introduced some recommendationsin on light of the outcomes.
Keywords: Medical sociology, Healthy, Saudi women, Health awareness, Health education