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Table 2 Characteristics of all students participating in the public health service program and those who reported personal positive impact (groups are not mutually exclusive)

From: A governmental program to encourage medical students to deliver primary prevention: experiment and evaluation in a French faculty of medicine

 

All students

(n = 341, 100%)

Students who are willing to change behavior (n = 111, 32.5%)

Students who acquired knowledge on the theme (n = 194, 56.9%)

Students who acquired new skills in prevention (n = 240, 70.4%)

Students who declare ease in addressing prevention issues in the future (n = 248, 72.7%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Gender (Missing data = 5)

Male

105 (30.8)

36 (32.4)

54 (27.8)

72 (30.0)

74 (29.8)

Female

236 (69.2)

75 (67.6)

140 (72.1)

168 (70.0)

174 (70.2)

E-learning participation

216 (63.3)

64 (57.6)

116 (59.8)

152 (63.3)

158 (63.7)

Place of intervention

Middle School

13 (3.8)

2 (1.8)

5 (2.6)

11 (4.6)

12 (4.8)

High school

143 (41.9)

60 (54.0)

107 (55.2)

118 (49.2)

122 (49.2)

Universities

159 (46.6)

42 (37.8)

71 (36.6)

86 (35.8)

92 (37.1)

Social structure

26 (7.6)

7 (6.3)

11 (5.7)

25 (10.4)

22 (8.9)

Intervention theme

Nutrition

79 (23.2)

32 (28.8)

47 (24.2)

55 (22.9)

58 (23.4)

Physical activity

68 (19.9)

20 (18.0)

29 (14.9)

46 (19.2)

49 (19.8)

Addiction

88 (25.8)

28 (25.2)

51 (26.3)

60 (25.0)

59 (23.8)

Sexuality

106 (31.1)

31 (27.9)

67 (34.5)

79 (32.9)

82 (33.1)

Number of beneficiaries per week

  < 10

33 (9.7)

6 (5.4)

7 (3.6)

10 (4.2)

14 (5.6)

10–50

108 (31.7)

27 (24.3)

48 (24.7)

62 (25.8)

66 (26.6)

50–150

137 (40.2)

50 (45.0)

98 (50.5)

117 (48.7)

118 (47.6)

150–300

57 (16.7)

26 (23.4)

38 (19.6)

46 (19.2)

45 (18.1)

  > 300

6 (1.8)

2 (1.8)

3 (1.5)

5 (2.1)

5 (2.0)

  1. * Interpretation of the table (example): Of the 341 total of students who participated, 143 (41.9%) delivered their prevention action in high school. On the 111 students who are willing to change behavior 60 (54.0%) delivered their prevention action in high school