H.E Ehiorobo

his study assess ed Students’ Utilization of Health Education Knowledge in Preventing Communicable Diseases among students in the Department of Health and Safety Education University of Benin, Nigeria . four research questions were raised to guide the study and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance The study uses a descriptive survey research design, with a sample of 2 63 students selected through census sampling from 300level and 400level Undergraduates student in the Department of Health and Safety Education in the University of Benin, Edo State . The research instrument is a structured questionnaire designed to Students’ Utilization of Health Education Knowledge in Preventing Communicable Diseases and was validated by two lecturers from the department. The reliability of the instrument w as determined using the test–retest method. The questionnaire w as administered to 20 respondents who were part of the main study sample. After an interval of two weeks, the same questionnaire will be re -a dministered to the same group. The scores from the two administrations will be correlated using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) to determine the stability of the instrument over time. Descriptive statistics (frequency counts , mean and standard deviation ) were used for the research questions and hypo theses was tested at 0.05 level of significance