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ABSTRACT
The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of health education workshop on the knowledge and attitude of students towards the dangers of prevalent communicable diseases among university students .This study aims to highlight the importance of health education workshops in improving students' knowledge and attitudes towards communicable diseases ,and underscores the need for continued efforts to promote health awareness among young people. The following research questions were generated and answered: The Quasi Experimental research was adopted for the study and purposive sampling technique was used in selection of fifty (50) 100 level undergraduate students from a total population of over a hundred and fifty students (150) from the two course areas in the Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Education (HSE) in the Faculty of Education, University. Data were collected with a twenty (20) item questionnaire instrumen( having section A-C) t to ascertain the knowledge and attitudes of students towards the dangers of stress. From the data collected and analyzed, it was discovered that the students under the experimental group who were exposed to the health education workshop developed a significantly higher knowledge and a more positive attitude towards the dangers of prevalent communicable diseases among university students than those in the control group who were not exposed to any intervention. This study was able to assess the effectiveness or using health education workshops in improving students’ knowledge and attitudes towards various health concepts in higher institutions and therefore should be institutionalized in the school curriculum as an adequate means of impacting knowledge in students. And it is recommended workshops should be organized and designed to meet specific needs and preferences of the students, and continuous evaluation as well as follow up studies should be done to monitor improvement in student’s attitudes towards the affected and to ensure increased awareness of prevention methods, management and improved attitudes towards people with specific communicable disease . Health Education workshop provides the fundamentals of a skills-based approach to health education in which the focus is on developing student proficiency in the skills of the National Health Education Standards. There will be discussion on strategies for facilitating skill development through relevant and functional information. By the end of the workshop, participants will have the tools needed to transition to a skills-based approach to health education in their course, school and/or district.University students are at a higher risk of contracting communicable diseases due to their close living quarters, social behaviors, and poor health habits. Hence,It is important to determine the prevalence of communicable diseases among university students and identify associated risk factors.
