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location could contribute to utilisation rates. However, while the findings of this exploratory study
are tenuous due to restrictions in terms of the sample size, therapeutic implications for EAP’s are
nevertheless indicated.
5100.3 The effect of psycho-behavioral training on promoting oral health behavior of primary
schoolchildren, Matinee Kupitayanant, National Research Council of Thailand, Thailand
In order to examine the effectiveness of psychological training and to find out the main causes of
oral-health behavior, 410 primary schoolchildren were randomly assigned to experimental and
control conditions. Immediately after training, the trained students got higher scores on belief in
internal locus of control, and one year later they were higher on attitude towards oral health
behavior (ATO), future orientation self control (FOSC) and need for achievement (nAch).
Psychological-traits could account for 32.0% of the variance of oral-health behaviors. The
important predictors were ATO, FOSC and nAch. This holistic training should be integrated into
the learning curriculum.
5100.4 The effect of psychological and skill training on peer assisting AIDS, Pismai
Wibulswasdi, National Research Council of Thailand, Thailand
Experimental study investigates differential amounts of training effects (i.e) psychology/ Skill
(100%), three psychological traits (50%) skill training (50%), control (0%) on peer assisting AIDS
risk prevention in 267 male students The psychological trained students obtained higher scores
than the control students on all three traits (Self-control, achievement motivation and attitudes
towards peer assistance) both immediately after, and two-month-delayed period. Students in the
three experiment conditions were high on both intention and behavior for peer assistance. The
variance of this behavior was accounted for 78.8% by 3 predictors, intention to assist, self-control
and believe in internal locus of control.
5101 ORAL
Health psychology
Chair: Stephen Chow, USA
5101.1 School health education: Primary school teachers’ representations and practices,
Dominique Berger 1 , Didier Jourdan 2 , Isabelle Piec 2 , Anne Laquet-Riffaud 3 , 1 Institut
Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres de LyonPôle de Recherche en Sciences
Humaines, France, 2 MCF HDR, Laboratoire Processus d’Action des Enseignants Déterminant et
Impacts; IUFM d’Auvergne; France, 3 Medecin de santé publique, Ecole nationale de Santé
Publique; Rennes; France
A better understanding of primary school teachers’ representations toward health education(HE)
and identification of individual or structural resistances constitute important goals in HE research.
A quantitative study was conducted on the population of primary school teachers (n=673). The
results demonstrate that the majority of teachers declare practicing and implementing HE.
Parameters which influence the teacher’s practices and representations are prioritizing work with
an educational network and receiving initial or in-service training. This results suggest that a
policy aiming to generate the inclusion of HE in primary schools must develop teacher training
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