Influence of regional diversity on health awareness of high school boys in Karnataka state

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to find out the influence of health awareness among high school boys students in Karnataka State. To conduct this study, A total of eight hundred (N=800) boys students were selected from four educational divisions of Karnataka State in each of Gulbarga (N=200), Belgaum (N=200), Mysore (N=200), and Bangalore (N=200) divisions, subjects were chosen the age from 12-16 years. A questionnaire was used to assess the health awareness which consists of forty (40) questions. ANOVA and LSD post hoc tests were used to compute and interpret results. Results show that there are significant differences in health awareness among girls’ students of different educational divisions in Karnataka State. Mysore education division found the highest health awareness than other three educations divisions in Karnataka State.