Health Promotion D88X 04
Evaluating a health promotion activity
Task
Read the study entitled 'Attitudes of young people toward driving after smoking cannabis or after drinking alcohol'.
Working pairs or small groups, discuss and agree answers to the following questions:
Q1 In your own words, describe the main purpose and aims of this activity.
Q2 In your own words, describe the main findings of this activity.
Q3 How did the researchers gather their data - what research methods were used? What advantages do these have, and what problems?
Q4 Re-read the section on p.53 that starts 'self-disclosure on personal usage' (paragraph 2). Is this a useful way of getting around teenage boastfulness (or shyness?) - is it valid?
Q5 How has the qualitative information been presented?
Q6 What quantitative information has been presented? How has it been presented?
Q7 In your own words, describe the main conclusions of the study.
Q8 In your opinion, how effective was this health promotion activity in meeting its stated aims and objectives?
Q9 Can you suggest any alternative methods that these researchers could have used to gather the information they were looking for? Do you think these would have been more or less effective than the methods they actually used?