Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53318#.VLyl68nQrzE Author(s) Nga Yee Irene Cheng 1 , Man Yee Emmy Wong 2* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China . 2 Department of Early Childhood Education, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China . ABSTRACT Teachers play an important role in delivering health education to empower students with skills for healthy living to prevent non-communicable diseases. One of the common non-communicable diseases is hypertension that its development is highly associated with unhealthy lifestyle. A survey was administered to assess 130 pre-service teachers and 54 in-service teachers who were taking the health education course to prepare them for teaching the content of healthy living in Hong Kong. The assessment included their knowledge level of hypertension, a...
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