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    Tr aini ng of primary School Teachers on lieall h and it s Effect In School Heallh Education
    (Addis Abeba Universty, 1994-05) Aschenaki, Kelema
    A retlospectjv~-cohort study ~'ns cal'j'jed out in NOl'theaslern Ethiopia to aSSeSS the impact of htoalth training of primarv school teachels on health knowledge and practice of their students with regard to personal hygiene and the en\'ironmental heallh conditions of the school s . The required information to .• ssess kllO\\IL!dge was collected using il pl'etcstcll questjonnai]'c. Observation formats were cleve loped tc. asSuss the hygienic s t atus of the students and L!n\ironmental health situations of the schools. Focus group discussions "ere conducted wi th the trained teachers on 110" to Improve the school health education ac[jvities. Data analysis was carried out us i ng EPI-INFO version 5 and S\S complltuT stat isticill packages. The results showed improvement in the total mean ~:nowledge score of teachers who recei\'ed training compared to the control groups If-stat. 3.4-. P:0.041 . Though the diffe"cncc was not statistically signifjcailt. Students of tIle trained leachers al..;,o showed a hjgher mean knowledge score compared to hoth control-l -"ind control-2 groups P : <0.0011. The ,lean il.'"gicn;c ~core of'students of the trained teachers \\as fuund to be higher comparctl to the students in the comparison gl'OUPS, II' C 0.0011. The environmental hectlth status of the schools \ritl! trained lcacile,', WII> better than the SCllools without t"3ined teachers. \' l I The stud)" I~i.ls deJ!lonstrated the po~iti\re ilnpact tll[lt training school teachers h,tn" in impro\'ing the health kno\l'leJge and pract ice of the sehae)l communi t.,. RecomJTI(;ndation'S arc gi\en regarding further training of school teachers in health alollg \l'ith the improvement of "choal sanitar, facilities alla the inclusion of health education in primary school curriculum.