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The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth

Obesity is a global emerging issue. In Malaysia, there has been a significant increase in such cases in the past few years. It is a big challenge for authorities to find out the effectiveness of newspaper as a medium for disseminating obesity information among Malaysian youth. This study aimed to...

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Main Authors: Eng, May Chuen, Michael, Edwin, Teh, Boon Teck
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10524/1/16501-46350-1-SM.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.105242017-07-10T06:36:34Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10524/ The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth Eng, May Chuen Michael, Edwin Teh, Boon Teck Obesity is a global emerging issue. In Malaysia, there has been a significant increase in such cases in the past few years. It is a big challenge for authorities to find out the effectiveness of newspaper as a medium for disseminating obesity information among Malaysian youth. This study aimed to examine the influences and effectiveness of newspaper in conveying health literacy of obesity among Malaysian youth. It focused on their awareness level and perception towards obesity. In this study, 300 Malaysian youth aged 18-25 participated in a survey. It was found that the newspaper-oriented respondents have higher awareness of obesity than the non-newspaper oriented respondents. However, the awareness among the overall respondents is still mainly average. The results also indicate that newspaper is still resourceful in disseminating health information. It is significantly positively related to the youth health literacy. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10524/1/16501-46350-1-SM.pdf Eng, May Chuen and Michael, Edwin and Teh, Boon Teck (2016) The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 32 (2). pp. 691-714. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/877
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description Obesity is a global emerging issue. In Malaysia, there has been a significant increase in such cases in the past few years. It is a big challenge for authorities to find out the effectiveness of newspaper as a medium for disseminating obesity information among Malaysian youth. This study aimed to examine the influences and effectiveness of newspaper in conveying health literacy of obesity among Malaysian youth. It focused on their awareness level and perception towards obesity. In this study, 300 Malaysian youth aged 18-25 participated in a survey. It was found that the newspaper-oriented respondents have higher awareness of obesity than the non-newspaper oriented respondents. However, the awareness among the overall respondents is still mainly average. The results also indicate that newspaper is still resourceful in disseminating health information. It is significantly positively related to the youth health literacy.
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author Eng, May Chuen
Michael, Edwin
Teh, Boon Teck
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Michael, Edwin
Teh, Boon Teck
The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth
author_facet Eng, May Chuen
Michael, Edwin
Teh, Boon Teck
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title The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth
title_short The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth
title_full The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth
title_fullStr The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth
title_full_unstemmed The role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among Malaysian youth
title_sort role of media socialization agents in increasing obesity health literacy among malaysian youth
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10524/1/16501-46350-1-SM.pdf
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