The Effect of Educational Intervention on Promoting Healthy Eating Behaviors among Primary School Students in Kermanshah City, Iran

Background: Rabies is an exceptionally fatal zoonotic disease and major public health problem in developing countries. Health knowledge of preventive measures of rabies among primary school teachers is paramount to cultivate their students and create a secure and safe environment since primary school students are the most vulnerable group. The study aimed to assess the effect of health education on knowledge of preventive measures of rabies among primary school teachers.Methods: A pre and post-test intervention study was conducted among randomly selected 64 primary school teachers from 7 Townships in Mandalay from July to October, 2020. An educational intervention was conducted by contributing 4 sheets of pamphlets and appearing 5 minutes education video record and reassessment was done one month later.Results: The mean knowledge scores before and after intervention were 40.59±4.85 and 47.75±4.02 showing statistically significant improvement (p<0.001). Mean of the improvement percentage was 19.38±5.06. Out of 64 participants, 37.5% had good knowledge in pre-test which improved to 95.3% in post-test (p<0.05). Although, age, marital status, having children and having stray dogs near school compound were adjusted in multiple linear regression, there was no statistical significance association with improvement percentage.Conclusions: There is improvement of knowledge status, which is not influenced by sociodemographic factors, following educational intervention. This highlights the need of continuing medical education for preventive measures of rabies for both primary school teachers and primary school students.

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Health Hygiene and Nutrition Practices Through the Psycho-Educational Group Approach

Education and Social Sciences Review ◽

10.29210/07essr47700 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 8

Author(s):

Itratulhuda Abdullah Alim ◽

Mohd Izwan Mahmud

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Healthy Eating ◽

Physical Growth ◽

Personal Hygiene ◽

Primary School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Educational Approach ◽

Effective Measure ◽

Nutrition Practices ◽

Eating Practices

This study aims to provide exposure to hygiene management and healthy eating practices among primary school students. This study is a case study using a psycho-educational approach with 4 cohort counseling sessions. The cohort sample consisted of 13 primary school students aged 7 to 9. They are 1st grade boys and girls in a transit center (tahfiz) in Bandar Baru Bangi. The findings show that group members have a sense of responsibility for personal hygiene and environment as well as knowledge of healthy and clean eating practices for daily living. The findings of the study also found that the psycho-educational approach to group counseling is very effective in helping students improve their awareness of hygiene and healthy eating. The application of good hygiene elements and nutrition practices should be taken into account in order for the child's physical growth to thrive and to achieve academic success while minimizing health problems. The importance of hygiene and healthy eating through psycho education has implications for students, teachers in tahfiz centers and parents. They play a role in educating children on personal hygiene, environment and healthy eating habits as a very effective measure to prevent the risk of attacking diseases that impede children's development.

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Educational intervention for Caregivers about Intestinal Parasitic Infestations for First Year Primary School Students in Minia City

Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal ◽

10.21608/asnj.2014.58567 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 56-68

Author(s):

Naglaa Amein

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Educational Intervention ◽

First Year ◽

Primary School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Minia City

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Improvement of Parent’s Awareness, Knowledge, Perception, and Acceptability of HPV Vaccination After a Structured-educational Intervention

10.21203/rs.3.rs-30161/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mei Neni Sitaresmi ◽

Nisrina Maulida Rozanti ◽

Lamria Besty ◽

Abdul Wahab

Keyword(s):

Cervical Cancer ◽

Primary School ◽

Educational Intervention ◽

Hpv Vaccination ◽

Hpv Infection ◽

Primary School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Demonstration Program ◽

Vaccine Acceptability ◽

Parental Awareness

Abstract Background: Regardless of the disease burden of HumanPapilloma Virus (HPV), the vaccine has not been included in the Indonesia National Immunization Program. Since 2017 there was a demonstration program of the HPV vaccination in Yogyakarta Province. This vaccine was given free to female primary school students in the 5 th and 6 th grades (11-13 years old). This study aimed to assess whether a structured-educational intervention focus on HPV increases the parental awareness, knowledge, and perceptions toward HPV and the vaccine acceptability. Methods: We conducted a pre-post structured-educational intervention study from July to August 2017 before the implementation of the HPV vaccination demonstration program, in Kulon Progo District, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia. Parents of female primary school students grades 5 th and 6 th were selected using a school-based proportional random sampling. A pediatric resident provided a structured-educational intervention, which consists of the burden and risk of HPV disease, as well as the benefit and safety of the vaccine. Parents were required to complete validated self-administered questionnaires before and after the structured-educational intervention. Results: A total of 506 parents participated. Before receiving the structured-educational intervention, parents' awareness of HPV infection and the vaccines were low. Only 49.2% of parents had heard HPV infection, and 48.8% had heard about the vaccine. After the structured-educational intervention, there were significant improvements in parent’s awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of HPV infection, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccination (all p <0.001). HPV vaccine's acceptability increased from 74.3% to 87.4% ( p <0.001). There was a significant correlation between increasing HPV vaccine acceptability with the improvement of awareness, knowledge, and perception toward HPV infection, cervical cancer and HPV vaccination (r=0.32 to 0.53, p <0.001). After the structured-educational intervention, better knowledge and positive perceptions of HPV vaccination were predictive of HPV vaccine's acceptability with OR 1.90 (95%CI:1.40-2.57) and OR 1.31(95%CI:1.05-1.63), respectively. Conclusions: A structured-educational intervention is effective in improving parental awareness, knowledge, and perceptions toward HPV as well as the acceptability of the vaccine. The structured-educational intervention designed for parents have important implications for improving vaccine acceptability.

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The Positive Effects of a Combined Program of Creative Dance and BrainDance on Health-Related Ouality of Life as Perceived by Primary School Students

Physical Culture and Sport Studies and Research ◽

10.2478/pcssr-2018-0019 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 79 (1) ◽

pp. 42-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Olga Theocharidou ◽

Georgios Lykesas ◽

Ioannis Giossos ◽

Dimitrios Chatzopoulos ◽

Maria Koutsouba

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Primary School ◽

Educational Intervention ◽

Small Sample ◽

Primary School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Creative Dance ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Health Related ◽

The Impact

Abstract The combination of Creative Dance and BrainDance within the context of physical education could be a promising innovation. This combined program can be implemented in primary school to help students achieve a better and more holistic assessment of their Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), covering aspects of physical, emotional, social, and mental functioning and well-being. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact that a combined Creative Dance and BrainDance program based on the Laban Theory of Movement Analysis has on HRQoL perceptions of primary school students when this program is implemented within the context of the physical education curriculum in primary school. For this purpose, an eight-week educational intervention was designed combining Creative Dance and BrainDance into one single program. The survey sample consisted of 32 fifth- and sixth-grade primary school students. The Kidscreen-52 questionnaire was used to collect data. Data analysis was performed with the use of descriptive statistical indices and mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA). Although the results showed no differences between the beginning and end of the educational intervention, a fact that might be due to the small sample and the time of the implementation of the program (limited to 8 weeks), its implementation produced very good results with regard to improvisation, body control, balance, and coordination, as well as kinaesthetic awareness and musical rhythmic skills. Creative Dance and BrainDance promote imagination, creativity, improvisation, and self-esteem in general, particularly in primary school students..

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A Game-based Nutrition Education: Teaching Healthy Eating to Primary School Students

The Journal of Pediatric Research ◽

10.4274/jpr.galenos.2018.15010 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 18-23

Author(s):

Hatice Uzşen ◽

Zümrüt Didar Başbakkal

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Nutrition Education ◽

Healthy Eating ◽

Primary School Students ◽

School Students

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The Effect of Educational Intervention in Promoting Safe Behaviors in a Sample of Iranian Primary School Students: An Application of the Health Belief Model

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v8n11p242 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (11) ◽

pp. 242 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maryam Ghavami ◽

Tayebeh Fasihi Harandy ◽

Kourosh Kabir

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Health Belief Model ◽

Educational Intervention ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Health Belief ◽

Control Group ◽

Primary School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Belief Model ◽

The Health Belief Model

PURPOSE: Road traffic accidents account for the biggest mortality rate in Iran and children are among the main victims of these accidents. The present study was conducted to assess the effect of an educational intervention based on the Health Belief Model on behaviors associated with obeying traffic regulations in primary school students during the academic year 2014-15 in Khorramabad, Iran.METHODS: The present quasi-experimental has a pre-post-intervention design and was conducted on 106 sixth-grade primary school students selected through multi-stage sampling and divided into an intervention and a control group. The students were assessed before, a week after and two months after the intervention. Data were collected using a two-part questionnaire containing a demographic section and a section with items on the constructs of the Health Belief Model. The data obtained were then analyzed in SPSS-20.RESULTS: The mean scores of perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, self-efficacy and cues to action significantly improved in the intervention group compared to the control group (P<0. 01).CONCLUSION: An educational intervention based the Health Belief Model managed to effectively improve behaviors associated with obeying traffic regulations.

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