TY  - JOUR
T1  - Promoting Quality Family Health Through Adult Education Programme in Udenu, Enugu
State
AU - N. Agboeze, Maryrose AU - O. Ugwueze, Michael AU - U. Agboeze, Matthias AU - N. Agbogo, Vincent 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 15
IS  - 5
SP  - 112
EP  - 117
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2020.112.117
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2020.112.117
KW  - Family health
KW  -adult education
KW  -health education
KW  -household hygiene
AB  - Quality family health is the condition in which
family members are able to effectively carry out their
duties or responsibilities in the society. Health education
programme help individual members of a family to
improve household hygiene so as to achieve quality
family health. The objective of this study was to assess
the extent adult education programmes could promote
quality family health in Udenu Local Government Area of
Enugu state. Descriptive survey design was used for the
study. The 288 respondents from the 3 Adult Education
Centers and 1 College of Education in Udenu Local
Government Area of Enugu state were used for the study.
The study was guided (2) research questions. The data
collected from the research questions were analyzed using
mean score. Instrument for data collection: A 14 item
questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The
instrument was validated by three experts. Cronbach
Alpha technique was used to establish the reliability
before administrating the instrument to the respondents.
Reliability co-efficient of 0.85 was obtained. The
findings, among others were that health education could
improve household hygiene for achieving quality family
health byimproves the skill of family members on water
purification processes such as chlorination. Adult
education programme such as health education have the
potential to improve the household hygiene of various
families in the society; enabling them to enjoy good
drinking water and clean environment which is necessary
for achieving quality family health.
ER  -