Effect of a school health programme on ensuring safe environments for primary school children

2007 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caleb A Adegbenro
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
School Health ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
School Health Programme ◽  
Health Programme ◽  
Safe Environments

scholarly journals An Interactive School Health Programme on Smoking Prevention: Implications for future research

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Roswati Nordin ◽  
Zamzaliza Abd Mulud ◽  
Norimah Said ◽  
Norfidah Mohamad
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
School Children ◽  
School Health ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Smoking Prevention ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Health Education Programme ◽  
School Health Programme ◽  
Health Programme

In order to make Malaysia a developed nation by 2020 one of the crucial things is health care and to conduct prevention at an early stage. Hence, health education programme at an early stage has been conducted with primary school children to prevent them from engaging in negative behaviours such as smoking. Currently, the health education programme was organized in poster presentation form. However, in these studies, it was transformed into an interactive school health programme with an active participation from the school children. It is designed to increase the children's learning retention through an active interaction programme.Keywords: Interactive Programme; School Children; Smoking Prevention; Health Education.ISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

scholarly journals Health status of primary school children: study from a rural health block of Lucknow

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 2498
Author(s):  
Syed Abid Asghar ◽  
Pratibha Gupta ◽  
Mrinal R. Srivastava ◽  
J. P. Srivastava ◽  
Zeashan H. Zaidi
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Community Health ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Health ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
School Health Services

Background: School health is an important branch of community health. School health services is an economical and powerful means of raising community health. In school child is vulnerable to stress, tension and endangerment of group life because all children are not the same and comes from different socioeconomic and cultural background and with different immunity status. Child is quite vulnerable at this growing age and hence become easy victims of many non-communicable diseases such as dental caries, anaemia, visual and hearing defects. The objective of the study was to assess health status of primary school children in rural areas of Lucknow.Methods: The present school-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural area of Lucknow from February to July 2015. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to select primary schools from 1st to 5th standard. All students who were present at the time of survey were included in the study. A pre-structured performa for each student was used to record information regarding anthropometric measurements, physical examination/ personal hygiene, clinical findings.Results: A total of 170 children were examined, among these 82 (48.23%) were boys and 88 (51.77%) were girls. Dental caries was the most common infirmity observed in 63 (37.05%) children with 95% CI (33.35- 40.75) and was statistically significant (p<0.05) with boys 29.27% and girls 44.31%. Anaemia were found in 65 (38.23%), boys were 32.92% and girls 43.18%. Ear discharge was seen in 17 (10%) children, boys were 6.10% and girls 13.63%.Conclusions: The common infirmity found were dental caries, anaemia and ear discharge. Effective strategy with good monitoring and evaluation is imperative in ensuring adequate and optimal implementation of school health services in primary schools in rural Lucknow.

scholarly journals Spectrum of Skin Diseases among School Aged Children in Jos North-Central Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-106
Author(s):  
R Adah ◽  
G Adah ◽  
H Abdu ◽  
C John ◽  
S Okolo
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Health ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
School Health Programme

Skin diseases are common causes of morbidity among children in developing Nations. An awareness of the types of skin morbidities seen in school children and the associated factors may enable individuals’ families and government carry out or direct preventive and therapeutic measures appropriately. The aim of this study was to assess the spectrum of skin diseases among primary school children in Jos North Local Government Area. Three hundred and ninety (390) pupils were recruited from some public and private primary schools using multistage sampling technique. Structured Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to obtain information. Key diagnostics features were used for clinical diagnosis of major skin diseases. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS version 21. There were a total of 199 males and 191 females. Age range was between 6 and 12 years. Prevalence rate of skin disease was 36.2%. A total of 28 different types of skin diseases were seen among the pupils, with infections making up the bulk (47.3%). Among the infections, Tinea (23.9%) was the most prevalent. while dermatitis accounted for 20.7%. There was no sex predilection. Skin diseases were significantly more prevalent in children between 6-7 years ( p-0.014) and associated with lower socioeconomic class (p-0.001) and children from public schools (p-0.000). Preventive and curative health services should be provided in the school health programme especially in public schools for reduction of the prevalence of skin disorders.

scholarly journals Interactive Programme on Prevention of Smoking: Pilot study

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Roswati Nordin ◽  
Zamzaliza Abd Mulud ◽  
Norimah Said ◽  
Norfidah Mohamad
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
School Children ◽  
School Health ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Smoking Prevention ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Health Education Programme ◽  
School Health Programme

In order to make Malaysia a developed nation by 2020 one of the crucial things is health care and to conduct prevention at an early stage. Hence, health education programme at an early stage has been conducted with primary school children to prevent them from engaging in negative behaviours such as smoking. Currently, the health education programme was organized in poster presentation form. However, in these studies, it was transformed into an interactive school health programme with an active participation from the school children. It is designed to increase the children's learning retention through an active interaction programme.Keywords: Interactive Programme; School Children; Smoking Prevention; Health EducationeISSN 2398-4279 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

scholarly journals Implications of Counselling, Psychological and Social Services on Academic Performance of Primary School Pupils in Southwest, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Alebiosu, Eunice Oluwayemisi ◽  
Akintoke, Victor Akin ◽  
Oginni, Omoniyi Israel
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Social Services ◽  
School Health ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
General Question ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
School Health Programme ◽  
Primary School Pupils ◽  
Health Programme

The study examined implications of counselling, psychological and social services on academic performance of primary school pupils in Southwest, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population consisted of all primary school teachers in Southwest out of which 1006 teachers were selected from the three sampled states in Southwest, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select sample for the study. The instrument used for data collection was tagged Implications of Counselling, Psychological and Social Services Questionnaire “(CPSSQ)” and a proforma titled “Data Retrieval Format” (DRF). CPSSQ comprised of two sections. Section A sought information on the bio data of the respondents while Section B was used to elicit information on implications of psychological, emotional and social dimensions of the pupils’ health. The instrument was validated by experts in Guidance and Counselling, Human Kinetics and Health Education and Tests and Measurement. The reliability of the instrument was ensured by using Pearson's Product Moment Correlation analysis and had reliability co-efficient of 0.86, which was adjudge high enough and considered the instrument to be reliable. One general question was raised and one null hypothesis was formulated for the study. The study revealed that counselling, psychological and social services had implications on school health programme. It was therefore recommended that the status of school health programme in Southwest should be improved upon, considering its importance to the survival and academic performance of the school pupils.

scholarly journals Knowledge of School Health Programme among Public Primary School Teachers in Sokoto Metropolis, Northwestern Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-139
Author(s):  
A.U. Abubakar ◽  
O.M. Oche ◽  
K.J. Awosan ◽  
I.A. Raji ◽  
A.M. Abdullahi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Health ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
School Health Programme ◽  
Public Primary School ◽  
Health Programme

Background: School health program takes care of the health needs of a significant proportion of the population, especially in the third world countries, by ensuring that children of school age remain healthy and benefit maximally from their education. This study aimed to assess the knowledge of School Health Programme (SHP) among primary school teachers in Sokoto metropolis, northwestern, Nigeria.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 382 public primary school teachers that were selected by multistage sampling technique. Data was collected using a structured, self-administered questionnaire. Proportions and adjusted odds ratios (OR) were calculated with 95% confidence intervals (CI) in a binary logistic regression model. All levels of significance were set at p < 0.05.Results: The mean age of the respondents was 34.8 ± 8.6 years. More than half of the respondents were Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) holders 245 (64.1%). Knowledge of SHP was good in 198 (51.8%) of the respondents. The predictors of good knowledge were belonging to other ethnicity (aOR: 3.70; 95% CI=1.11–12.50, p=0.034), having degree or postgraduate qualification in education (aOR: 4.55; 95% CI=2.63–7.69, p<0.001) and having worked for two or more decades (aOR: 4.15; 95% CI=1.34–12.78, p=0.011)Conclusion: Nearly half of the respondents had poor knowledge of SHP and this is likely to deny a large number of school children of being healthy and benefitting from th eir education. Awareness campaigns and trainings on SHP to fill in the knowledge gap is highly recommended.

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