Environmental Health Assessment of Primary Schools in Southeastern Nigeria: Implication for a Healthy School Environment in Developing Countries

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinonyelum Ezeonu ◽  
M. Anyansi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Southeastern Nigeria

Agreement between parental and student reports on respiratory symptoms and school environment in young Romanian children – evidence from the SINPHONIE project

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Lu ◽  
Tia Marks ◽  
Shao Lin ◽  
Iulia A. Neamtiu ◽  
Eva Csobod ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Respiratory Symptoms ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Kappa Statistics ◽  
Parental Report ◽  
Prevalence Index ◽  
Parent Questionnaires

Abstract Background Environmental research involving children often relies on the self-report or parental report of symptoms and environmental issues. While previous studies explored the agreements between child and parental reports, few of them were conducted in younger children and in developing countries. In this study, we addressed the research gaps by assessing the agreement between child and parental report on respiratory symptoms and school environment in Romanian primary schools. Methods Two hundred and eighty students from five schools and their parents participated in this study. Information on child’s respiratory symptoms and perceptions of school environment was collected via both student and parent questionnaires. Agreement between the two questionnaires was assessed by absolute agreement rates and kappa statistics. Prevalence index (PI), bias index (BI) and maximum attainable kappas were calculated to identify potential sources of disagreements. Results The agreement between student and parent questionnaires was low. Compared to the student’s report, parents often reported more symptoms than their children, particularly flu-like symptoms, and school environment problems. Parent and child tend to agree when there was no symptom reported, but disagreements often occurred when symptoms were reported. After adjusting for the PI, the agreements for asthma and allergic symptoms improved substantially. Disagreement on reporting of flu-like symptoms was strongly affected by pre-existing causes, such as different understandings of the questions between students and parents. Conclusion Parental report may have a higher sensitivity in capturing a child’s respiratory symptoms and school environment problems compared to self-report among young children in developing countries.

scholarly journals The condition of primary schools in terms of environmental health care and learning needs of parents (province case of Manavgat)

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 77-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukaddes Örs
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The City ◽  
The Universe

This research aims at the condition of community primary education schools in terms of the environmental health care in the city of Antalya, Manavgat county and assignation of parents' learning needs on this matter. The universe of this research that is in survey model comprises public elementary schools in Manavgat. Data was collected from parent sample selected through stratified sampling. In data analysis, frequency, percentage and chi square techniques were used. According to research findings, it is detected that almost every school is not suited for school environment health criteria from the point of physical environment health and it is understood that parents need to learn about the features of physical environment of schools.

scholarly journals Environmental Health Assessment of Primary Schools in Norabad Mamasani City (Fars Province) in 2012

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-76
Author(s):  
Gholamreza Jahed Khaniki ◽  
Nasrin Dehghan ◽  
Mohammad Hadi Dehghani ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Fars Province

scholarly journals Visual Social Publications in the Newspapers of Greek Primary Schools: A Semiotic Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Lina P. Valsamidou
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
School Life ◽  
Social Content ◽  
Research Material ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Messages

In the present study we investigate, record and discuss icons with asocial content, their type, their signifieds and ideological significations,wishing to extract useful conclusions regarding the use of icons in schoolnewspapers as vehicles of social messages. The research material comprises intotal 252 images with a social content found in the columns of schoolnewspapers, whereas the collection of the sample was based on the study of 64school newspaper issues coming from 32 titles of primary school newspapers fromall over Greece that were published in 2004-2006. All in all, it appears that social iconic publications create theeditors’ vivid interest, as they find their way mostly in the inside pages ofnewspapers. The analysis of the icons as to their signifieds places emphasis onthe dominant ideological forms: the signifieds of historic anniversaries,school life and environmental education come before the others, which in turnsuggests the dominant ideological trends, history-school-environment/ecology:a triptych that emerges through the social-iconic choices of those involved inpublishing school newspapers.Keywords: visual social publications, schoolnewspapers, semiotic analysis, students-journalists

scholarly journals School injuries and their prevention from the present perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
VACLAV BERANEK ◽  
PETR STASTNY ◽  
VIT NOVACEK
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Presentation Methods ◽  
Significant Health

Background: ‪Injuries are considered worldwide to be the most significant health problem, especially in childhood. In the Czech Republic, injuries are the most common cause of death among children and young adults. The aim of the study was to provide more insight in school accidents in the Czech Republic from 2008 to 2018 and to estimate future trends. Material and methods: ‪Annual reports of the Czech School Inspectorate (CSI) from 2007 to 2017 were the main sources of data. Results: ‪A high number of injuries occur in the school environment, especially at the primary level. In the Czech Republic, there has been a trend of rising numbers in reported school injuries over the last three years, from 33,000 in 2008 to 46,000 in 2018. Over the last 5 years, the number of reported accidents has increased by 1,000 per year. The most injuries occur in primary schools, within the subject Physical Education. Conclusions: ‪There are many activities which focus on the prevention of child injuries, the incidence of which has improved in recent years. Experience shows that when prevention programs include innovations and interesting presentation methods, they are successful.

scholarly journals Influence of Socially Disadvantaged Environment on Aggressiveness of Pupils at Primary Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-115
Author(s):  
Dáša Porubčanová ◽  
Lenka Pasternáková
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Aggressive Behaviour ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Observation Method ◽  
Aggression Level

AbstractIntroduction: The study deals with occurrence of aggressiveness of pupils from socially disadvantaged environment. It describes the socially disadvantaged environment and the level of aggression of pupils from such environments. The text describes the most important results of the research.Methods: Within the research, a survey was carried out, monitoring the level of aggression of the majority pupils compared to the pupils from socially disadvantaged environment. The survey was carried out personally based on a monitoring scheme of aggression of the pupils from socially disadvantaged environment. The research has been made by direct observation within 60 teaching hours at the level of 1st and 4th grade.Results: The findings, which we have acquired through observation, showed that the age and maturity of younger pupils’ organisms adapts to the model of social environment. Pupils from less stimulating social environments may become the victims of aggressive attacks in various forms more frequently. Types, forms and manifestations of aggression, equally subject to influence of the environment, in a school environment at the level of 10-year-old students are perceived as some form of entertainment. They join the attack on the victim for acceptance or they have the same preferences as the group. It often happens without consequences or attempts to eliminate these signs, because the seriousness of the attack is not ascribed.Discussion: We were interested in the differences of aggression level of the majority pupils compared to the pupils from socially disadvantaged environment in the first and the fourth year of a primary school.Limitations: The results apply only to students in the first level by using of the observation method.Conclusions: As substantial and significant for pedagogic experience, we consider implementing the research findings as well on the higher level of pupils’ education and to define further correlations between aggressive behaviour and socially disadvantaged environment.

scholarly journals Fostering a Culture of Reading through School Libraries: Room to Read’s Experience in India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunisha Ahuja ◽  
Ami Ehrlich ◽  
Julie Maurin
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Education ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Reading Room ◽  
The Core ◽  
Student Assessments ◽  
Core Components

Since 2003, Room to Read, an international education NGO, has been working in India to help foster a culture of reading in schools through the establishment of over 1500 school libraries. This paper outlines the evolution Room to Read’s Reading Room program in India as an example of how school library programs can address the reading challenges of children in developing countries. The focus of the paper is on Room to Read India’s Primary Reading Enhancement Program (PREP), which will be piloted in the Reading Room program in 2008. The goal of PREP is to have a significant impact on the way reading is taught in primary schools in India. Details are provided on the approach, materials, activities, parent and community participation, government participation, and student assessments that make up the core components of the PREP design.

scholarly journals The Child-Friendly School Program for Developing a Character School in the Primary Schools of Binjai City, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-582
Author(s):  
Indra Prasetia ◽  
Emilda Sulasmi ◽  
Susana Susana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
School Culture ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Program ◽  
School Programs ◽  
Study Child ◽  
Child Friendly

This research is a qualitative research in the form of a case study. This research is conducted at Binjai State Elementary School, Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to implement a child-friendly school program and develop student character programmed in the Primary Schools of Binjai Ciy, Indonesia. The respondents of this study are principals and teachers. The results of this study are child-friendly school policies at Primary Schools of Binjai City encourage all school residents to care about the school environment and be anti-violent so that the atmosphere at school becomes healthy, safe and comfortable. The formation of the character of students through child-friendly schools Primary Schools of Binjai City is going well because the teachers at the school have formed the character of students including students who are diligent and diligent in learning, respect for teachers, discipline, respect each other so as to form a community friendly study. Child-friendly school programs are very effective in forming a safe and conducive school environment and supporting the development of student character, in addition to encouraging schools to develop infrastructure to support learning. The study also found that some schools still have obstacles in developing a school culture for the direction of child-friendly schools. In general, Primary Schools of Binjai City has implemented child-friendly education, where the school has attempted various programs and activities in implementing child-friendly education.

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