Mahnaz Solhi|Hanieh Jormand|Mahmoudreza Gohari
Application of media literacy education for changing attitudes about self-medication of slimming supplements
Iran University of Medical Sciences|Iran University of Medical Sciences|Iran University of Medical Sciences
background selfmedication slimming supplements increased media advertising role present study aimed determining effect media literacy educational intervention attitudes selfmedication slimming supplements among female students dormitories iran university medical sciences methods quasiexperimental study control group 98 students selected multistage cluster sampling method randomly divided 2 equal groups test control data collecting instrument researchermade questionnaire media literacy attitude selfmedication slimming pills based results obtained early completion questionnaires appropriate educational intervention designed implemented data analyzed 1 3 months intervention using following statistical methods repeated measurements friedman test chi square independent ttest mannwhitney test results intervention mean scores attitude dimensions media literacy moderate groups significant difference however positive correlations observed among attitude knowledge r099 p 0001 critical thinking r 061 p 0001 analysis r 037 p 0009 experimental group mean scores attitudes dimensions media literacy found significant groups 1 3 months intervention p005 conclusion media literacy education effective promoting positive attitude slimming supplements