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ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to assess the impact of health education workshop on student knowledge and attitude towards the prevention of self medication undergraduate in university of Benin. Two research questions and two hypotheses were raised and analyzed for the purpose of the study.
A purposive sampling technique was used in selection of fifty (50) undergraduate students which were drawn from 100 level students of the Departments of Health, Safety and Environmental Education (HSE) and in the Faculty of Education, University of Benin for the purpose of the study. The data were collected with questionnaire instrument and analyzed using mean and standard deviation.
It was revealed that students from the experimental group who were exposed to a health education workshop had good attitude towards preventing self medication compared to students in the control group who were not exposed to the workshop. The findings of this study further revealed that students from the experimental group who were exposed to the workshop had knowledge towards preventing self medication compared to students in the control group who were not exposed to the workshop. The knowledge of the students in the control group towards self medication was moderate.
In conclusion, the study's findings supported the notion that health education workshops are essential for raising students' knowledge of the risks associated with self-medication and encouraging positive attitudes toward it. These results highlight how crucial it is to include thorough health education programs in curricula in order to provide students with accurate information and encourage responsible decision-making with regard to avoiding self-medication.
