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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.56.08.21

How to Cite:

KSA 2030 Vision’s technology leap increased

students’ use of handheld devices in education.

KSA rushed to transformto digital remote

education during COVID-19 pandemic period, to

protect students from contracting diseases and

maintain their health. Ottawa Declaration

stressed that health is a daily resource that meets

individual’s needs, helps them realizing their

ambitions, and is a positive concept emphasizing

Dr. Assistant Professor of Education Techniques, Department of Curriculum and Teaching Techniques Faculty of Education and

Literature, Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia.

Technology and digital skills intervened in all

life’s activities, through developing many

suitable digital applications. The importance of

learning health education concepts is attributed

to its being as important means for improving

human life and health, changing individuals’

unhealthy trends and behaviors, improving

health level, increasing health awareness’s and

important health concepts for students, and the

health education concepts’ acquisition to

students from educational supervisors' point of

view, and statistically differences of sample

responses about each reality challenges

according to gender, educational administration,

and experience. Therefore, the priority tasks of

schools in the present time is to develop student's

ability to use handheld devices in acquiring

health education concepts according to their

needs.

shortcomings in health concepts in KSA different

educational stages curricula, Abu-Hula &

(2020) recommends the necessity of developing

health awareness methods through applying and

spreading of new media and handheld devices.

cultural content diversity. (Ben-Amrouche &

Saker (2020) said that 50% of internet users

believe in the internet significant impact on their

health concepts makes them aware of their health

and healthy behaviors, which enhance their

school excellence, Al-Zakari, (2007), and urge

them to adhere to sound health practices to

reduce diseases’ spread. The WHO strives to

raise health education level worldwide, Badah, et

al., (2014)

School students’ engagement with handheld

devices, passion for digital world, long hours

engage in collective dynamic activities, and

scarcity of direct discussions. Hence the

importance of health education concepts for

students, and their role in reaching health and

physical fitness indicators, Al-Ameen, (2020),

motivated the author to benefit from this

phenomenon for defining its important role in

providing students with health education’

importance in acquiring school students with

health education concepts

Accordingly, four subquestions emerged from it

1. What are the public education student’s most

4. What are the statistically differences of

The study aimed to know the educational

The study theoretical importance comes from its

handling this present and future important topic.

While its practical importance comes from its

contribution in enriching knowledge relevant to

the curricula, and becoming more compatible

with digital age to realize KSA 2030 vision.

Objective limitations are defined by handheld

devices importance in school students’

Research Terminology

Handheld devices: “Portable electronic devices

usable in education (mobiles, internet-accessed

iPads, using an accredited operating system”

(Al-Omari & Al-Momni, 2010, p. 2).

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Health Concepts: “information set, facts and

adequacy included in the curriculum, and

suitable for students’ age and contemporary

developments” (Saleh et al., 2016, p. 1215).

The author defines procedurally health culture

concepts as information and facts that deal with

healthy learning experiences significant to

students and aim to prevent them from

contracting diseases and enhance their voluntary

commitment to healthy behavior that limits the

social responsibility, entrusted roles and ability

to influence the public (Murad, 2014). The

theory’ intellectual principles are based on their

meeting the public rapid needs and self-

adherence to the society moral codes. It emerged

in the American society through the Hutchins

Committee, 1947" report titled “Free and

Responsible Press”, which referred to media

trespasses’ damages to society. The author chose

this theory to support his research, due to its

All governments including KSA’s, paid great

attention to health. KSA 2030 vision focused on

strengthening health education of society

members, upgrading health services, and using

all modern means to spread health awareness.

The modern media impact on individuals’

behavior is known (Najmi, 2020), as modern

technology plays important role in societies and

individuals’ life, which increased in parallel to

sophisticated handheld electronic devices spread

Electronic content has helped increase student

achievement joyfully and making learning more

interactive (Kapilas & Sreedevi, 2022)

Some studies pointed to social media networks’

role in exchanging instant conversations, videos

and audios (Al-Hawari & Maarouf, 2021),

interaction using handheld devices, such as

Ghadban, 2022). Modern health awareness

policies rely on integrating social media

networks electronic platforms, to facilitate health

organizations to digitally manage educational

materials, interact their with users and keep them

attached to their handhelds devices due to

increasing attraction and importance to health

sectors in educational programs (Al-Faram,

2016)

influence (Jadoun & Ghadban, 2022), meeting

educational and cultural students’ needs and

increasing their knowledge (How & Hung,

2019).

disadvantages of using handheld devices such

social isolation, weak personal skills and learning

undesirable things. Al-Nabulsi (2021) mentioned

internet addiction, electronic bullying, and

health concepts, trends and behavior of

individuals are changed to prevent diseases,

preserve and improve health” (Al-Hefnawy,

2014, p. 134). “Health culturing” is used as

synonym for “health education”, for

communicating information and skills process

necessary for individuals to practice their life,

and enhance some of their behaviors, which are

reflected on society’s and own health (Ben-

Amrouche & Saker, 2020), by using medical

Health education is reflected on individual's

health awareness level, as a behavior’s drive

through intended practicing healthy behaviors,

then practicing is transformed into

unconscious habits (Najmi, 2020). Health

culturing occurs slowly and gradually (Qaim,

2016). Current health care industry age has

witnessed great progress in line with artificial

and satisfying their medical needs by automating

medical processes, and transforming to

intelligent robotic hospital, preserving

punctuality and speed (Pavithra & Afza, 2022).

Literatures studies can be divided in two

domains

First: Studies dealt with health concepts.

(Al-Sulaimani, 2008) aimed to identify health

in Jordan sixth and seventh grades while

(Al-Fakir et al., 2014) dealt with health culture

concepts in geography curricula and (Saleh et al.,

2016) uncover health concepts in

vocational education and (Al-Khazaali, 2018)

tackled health concepts lower basic stage

curriculum. (Taabali et al., 2017) revealed health

concepts in primary school curricula in Algeria.

Second: Studies dealt with electronic devices and

health care. (Zawi, 2020) examined the

relationship between modern media and creating

individuals’ cultural and social awareness. (Bin

healthy culture level during COVID-19

pandemic in Kuwait. (Al-Qaisi et al, 2021)

examined media role in spreading health

education among students and how to deal with

epidemiological crises. (Jadoun & Ghadban,

2022) handled Facebook’s contribution to

awareness health during COVID-19 pandemic

through analyzing Algerian Health Ministry

webpage. (Ghaffary et al., 2022) inspected the

viewpoint of a doctor using wireless devices in

Current study tackled the importance of handheld

devices in acquiring school students 'health

education concepts while none of the reviewed

studies did that, giving the current study a

distinctive scientific importance, and

distinguishes itself from them. It differentiated

from previous studies in subject, study sample,

and tool in order to bridge this research gap, and

to stress the importance of its execution

administrations), table (1).

Table 1.

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Questionnaire Validity

Consistency Coefficients between the score of

Table 2.

Table 5.

Experiences

Table 7.

Health Concepts