The Reality of Using Digital Education Technologies in Developing Health Awareness Concepts from the Perspective of Early Childhood Teachers in the Najran Region

Abstract

Background: Recently, there has been a noticeable increase in interest in developing health awareness at the national and global levels, in response to growing health challenges, including the emergence of new health issues and the exacerbation of existing ones. Based on this reality, establishing health awareness from early childhood has become an urgent necessity and an essential preventative strategy. Objective: This research aimed to reveal the reality of using digital education technologies in developing health awareness concepts from the perspective of early childhood teachers in the Najran region. Methods: To achieve the research objectives, the descriptive-analytical method was used, and a questionnaire consisting of 23 items distributed across two axes was used as the data collection tool. The research tool was administered to a sample of 300 teachers selected using simple random sampling. After collecting and analyzing the data, the results showed that the degree of use of digital education technologies in developing health awareness concepts among children, from the perspective of early childhood teachers, was moderate. Results: The results also indicated that the challenges faced by early childhood teachers when using digital education technologies to develop health awareness concepts were high. Conclusion: In light of the findings, the research recommended conducting training courses for teachers on how to integrate technology into developing health awareness concepts among children and Developing Arabic digital content evidence-digital content based scientific evidence and Attractive activities to developing health awareness concepts for children.